Legal Opinion
William Earl Stacy v. Aileen Love, Warden William Leech, Attorney General of the State of Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1982No. 81-5312PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The State of Tennessee appeals an order of the United States District Court for Middle Tennessee, granting Stacy’s writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In February of 1978, Stacy was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Knox County, Tennessee jury. After an unsuccessful appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, Stacy petitioned for and was granted a writ of certiorari by the Tennessee Supreme Court which also affirmed his conviction, over a vigorous dissent, in a decision reported as State v.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Leland v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Graham v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Eugene Williams Gall, Jr. v. Phil Parker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
- Charles E. Neal v. Terry L. MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Leonard B. Steele, (83-5108), Marvin Lee Echols, (83-5109), David A. Warren, (83-5110), Jackie Wayne Scarborough, (83-5111)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Bill Edward Sturgis v. Robert GoldsmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- State v. SparksTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
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