Legal Opinion
James Lee Spencer v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 1986No. 82-8408PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner James Lee Spencer was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Georgia state court in 1975.1 The Georgia Supreme Court upheld the conviction and sentence on direct appeal in 1976. Spencer v. State, 236 Ga. 697, 224 S.E.2d 910 (1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 932, 97 S.Ct. 339, 50 L.Ed.2d 302 (1976). In 1977, Spencer filed a petition seeking state habeas relief, which was denied after an evidentiary hearing. That decision was affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court. Spencer v. Hopper, 243 Ga. 532, 255 S.E.2d 1 (1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 885, 100 S.Ct. 178,…
2Cases cited81 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Amadeo v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Marsden v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Kevin Winston Osborn v. Duane Shillinger, Warden of the Wyoming State Penitentiary A.G. McClintock the Attorney General of the State of WyomingCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Gary Lee Doctor v. Gilbert A. WaltersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- James Armando Card v. Richard L. DuggerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
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