Legal Opinion
Douglas Gorham v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary Department of Offender Rehabilitation, State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 22, 1979No. 78-1964PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus requested by Gorham, a state prisoner. In 1972 Gorham was convicted of rape by a Florida jury and sentenced to death. 1 The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, Gorham v. State, 282 So.2d 874 (1973), and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari, 416 U.S. 907 (1974). Gorham subsequently filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court alleging eleven errors in his trial. The district court rejected each contention and denied the writ. On appeal, Gorham raises only two contentions — that evidence…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gennero Galtieri v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, John Matera v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by21 opinions
- In Re Acequia, Inc., Debtor. Acequia, Inc. v. Vernon B. ClintonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- John Hobbs v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Raleigh Porter v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- State v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1987
- United States v. Terrence A. Kubiak, David Parks, Theodore Burton, IVCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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