Legal Opinion
Dobbs v. Zant
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 19, 1993No. 92-5579PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Per curiam
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted.
A Georgia jury found petitioner Wilburn Dobbs guilty of murder and sentenced him to death. In his first federal ha-beas petition, petitioner claimed, inter alia, that he received *358ineffective assistance from his court-appointed counsel at sentencing. The District Court rejected this claim after holding an evidentiary hearing. Because a transcript of the closing arguments made at sentencing was, by the State’s representation, unavailable, the District Court relied on the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gardner v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Amos Lee King, Jr. v. Charles G. Strickland, Jr., Warden, Florida State Penitentiary, Louis L. Wainwright, and Jim Smith, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Amos Lee King, Jr. v. Charles G. Strickland, Jr., Warden, Florida State Penitentiary, Louie L. Wainwright, and Jim Smith, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Wilburn Dobbs, Cross-Appellee v. Ralph Kemp, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by72 opinions
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- United States v. LovingCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 1994
- Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
- State Ex Rel. Daniel v. LegurskyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
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