Legal Opinion
Patricia Ann Thomas Jackson v. Tommy Herring, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 9, 1995No. 91-7185PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Patricia Ann Thomas Jackson, an Alabama prison inmate, was convicted in 1981 of murdering a neighbor during an argument. She was sentenced to death. After exhausting direct appeals and collateral attacks, Jackson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988), challenging her conviction and death sentence.
The district court granted habeas relief on the conviction and, alternatively, on the sentence. Jackson v. Thigpen, 752 F.Supp. 1551 (N.D.Ala.1990). The court…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by151 opinions
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