Legal Opinion
Charlie Benson Bowen v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 6, 1985No. 84-8327PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner, Charlie Benson Bowen, was convicted by a jury in Polk County, Georgia, of rape and murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape charge and to death for the murder charge. Having exhausted his state court remedies, Bowen filed the instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent, Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Treatment Center, appeals the district court’s grant of the writ.
Respondent raises three issues on appeal: (1) whether the district court erred in holding that the state trial court’s charge to…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- United States v. Mark SnarrCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
- People v. HamiltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
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