Legal Opinion
Jack Howard Potts, Cross-Appellant v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 29, 1984No. 83-8087PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
The state of Georgia appeals, and the petitioner cross-appeals, the decision of the district court granting habeas corpus relief in both of the cases involved in this consolidated proceeding. Potts v. Zant, 575 F.Supp. 374 (N.D.Ga.1983). We reach the same result as the district court, requiring a new guilt/innocence trial in No. C801078A and a new sentencing trial in No. C80-50G.
The petitioner in these proceedings, Jackie Potts, was charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault, and kidnapping with bodily injury in Cobb County and with murder in Forsyth County as a…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Henry Arthur Drake v. Ralph Kemp, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Stevie Cole v. Warren Young, Superintendent and the Attorney General of the State of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Coleman v. SaffleCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- James E. Messer, Jr. v. Ralph Kemp, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Jones v. KempDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1989
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