Legal Opinion
Randolph v. McNeil
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 22, 2009No. 08-12854PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
Richard Randolph, a prisoner on Florida’s death row, petitioned for relief in federal district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition was denied in a painstaking and comprehensive order of more than 160 pages. Seeing no reversible error, we affirm the District Court’s denial of Randolph’s petition.
I. Background
In 1989, a Florida state jury convicted Randolph of first-degree murder, armed robbery, sexual battery, and grand theft of a motor vehicle. The jury recommended the death penalty; the trial court sentenced Randolph to death. The state supreme court affirmed the conviction and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gray v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by7 opinions
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