Legal Opinion
Carey Dean Moore v. Harold W. Clarke, Carey Dean Moore v. Harold W. Clarke
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 25, 1990No. 88-2584, 88-2679PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
The Warden of the Nebraska State Penitentiary appeals from the district court's1 order granting a writ of habeas corpus to Carey Dean Moore. Moore was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death on each count after the sentencing panel applied the Nebraska statute dealing with aggravating and mitigating circumstances, Neb.Rev.Stat. § 29-2523 (Reissue 1985). Nebraska statute permits the sentencing panel to consider, in determining if the death penalty should be applied, whether the murder *1227“manifested exceptional depravity by ordinary…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Gardner v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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- Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Robert Williams v. Harold W. ClarkeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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