Legal Opinion
Robert Karl Hicks v. Frederick J. Head, Warden, Gerogia Diagnostic and Classification Prison
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 16, 2003No. 01-11621PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Robert Karl Hicks (“Hicks”), a death row inmate, appeals the district court’s order denying him federal habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We granted Hicks’s motion for a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) 1 on a question of first impression for our circuit: whether violations of Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68, 105 S.Ct. 1087, 84 L.Ed.2d 53 (1985), are subject to harmless error analysis and, if so, whether the trial court’s denial of psychiatric assistance until a few days before trial, in violation of Ake, constitutes harmless error. Joining several…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- John Washington Hightower v. Derrick SchofieldCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
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