Legal Opinion
Douglas v. Wainwright
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided August 25, 1981No. 79-755 Civ. T-KPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
KRENTZMAN, District Judge.
Howard Virgil Lee Douglas was convicted in a Florida State court of first degree murder and a death sentence imposed.
His conviction was affirmed by the Florida Supreme Court in Douglas v. State, 328 So.2d 18 (Fla.) (Douglas 1), cert. denied 429 U.S. 871, 97 S.Ct. 185, 50 L.Ed.2d 151 (1976), reh. denied 429 U.S. 1055, 97 S.Ct. 770, 57 L.Ed.2d 771 (1977). On July 17, 1979, his death warrant was signed and his execution scheduled for July 26, 1979. On July 17, 1979, a motion for post conviction relief was filed, heard and denied in the appropriate…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Douglas v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- State v. ReevesNebraska Supreme Court · 1990
- Barfield v. HarrisDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1982
- Spaziano v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
- Douglas v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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