Legal Opinion
Brown v. Wainwright
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 17, 1986No. 85-3217PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
Brown is a Florida state prisoner convicted in 1974 of robbery, rape and murder. He received a death sentence on his murder conviction and two consecutive life sentences on the robbery and rape convictions. After pursuing state remedies 1 he filed a petition for habeas corpus in 1983 in the district court for M.D. Florida, raising 11 issues.2 The district court did not conduct a hearing but painstakingly considered the issues, found no merit in any, and denied the writ. Because the prosecution knowingly allowed material false testimony to be introduced at trial, failed to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Warren McCleskey Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Busby v. City of OrlandoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Jack E. Alderman v. Walter D. ZantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Fitzgerald v. BassCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988
- United States v. Edward J. ElkinsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- McCarty v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988
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