Legal Opinion
Richmond v. Ricketts
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided July 11, 1986No. CIV 84-010 TUC ACMPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MARQUEZ, District Judge.
Petitioner, Willie Lee Richmond [Richmond], filed this action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges his conviction for first degree murder and his sentence of death.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL, HISTORY
During the late evening hours of August 25, 1973, Richmond and his fifteen year old girlfriend, Faith Erwin 1 , went to the Bird Cage Bar in Tucson. They waited outside for a friend of theirs named Rebecca Corella 2 who was a nude dancer at that bar. Corella came out of the bar with Bernard Crummett. They sat and talked for a while in…
2Cases cited65 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Richmond v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Robert Alton Harris v. R. Pulley, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Willie Lloyd Turner v. John Jabe, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- Willie Lee Richmond v. Samuel A. Lewis, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections and Roger Crist, Superintendent of the Arizona State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- State v. BiegenwaldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
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