Legal Opinion
Kelley v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 23, 2004No. 03-10513PublishedCited by 221 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
The petitioner, William H. Kelley, is a Florida prisoner on death row, having been convicted of first degree murder. The district court granted a writ of habeas corpus setting aside his conviction and sentence. 1 We reverse.
This case — from the time of the murder to the present — has spanned nearly thirty-eight years. Understandably, its history is quite complicated. For the readers’ convenience, therefore, we preface the opinion with the following table of contents:
I. Factual Background
A. The Maxcy Murder
B. John Sweet’s Trial
C. Kelley’s State Legal Proceedings
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2Cases cited57 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by221 opinions
- Ward v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
- Willie McNair v. Donal CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
- Jones v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
- Maharaj v. Secretary for the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
- Robert Anthony Preston, Jr. v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
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