Legal Opinion

Jacobs v. Wainwright

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 23, 1984No. 62595PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

450 So.2d 200 (1984)

Eligaah Ardalle JACOBS, Petitioner,

v.

Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent.

No. 62595.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 23, 1984.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1984.

Patrick D. Doherty of Gross & Doherty, Clearwater, and Robert E. Gerber and Mary Gilmore of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

ADKINS, Justice.

We have before us a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner is now imprisoned under…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr., (Decoster Iii)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
  5. Elledge v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Frances v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  2. Blackwood v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  3. Holmes v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
  4. Doyle v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  5. Strand v. Escambia CountySupreme Court of Florida · 2008

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