Legal Opinion
Bates v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 30, 2009No. SC07-611, SC08-66PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
Kayle Barrington Bates appeals an order of the circuit court denying his motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. He also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const.
STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
In 1983, Bates was convicted for the 1982 murder of Janet Renee White. We described the unfortunate facts of the murder previously, stating, “Bates abducted a woman from her office, took her into some woods behind [a State Farm Insurance office] building…
2Cases cited63 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Kayle Barrington Bates v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- Barwick v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2011
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- Puglisi v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
- Gonzalez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
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