Legal Opinion
King v. Moore
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 30, 1999No. 98-2928PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
Amos Lee King, a Florida inmate under a death sentence for murder, appeals the district court’s denial of relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. 1 We affirm.
I. Background
The Florida Supreme Court described King’s crime thus:
On March 18, 1976, the appellant was an inmate at the Tarpon Springs Community Correctional Center, a work release facility, serving a sentence for larceny of a firearm. On this date a routine bed check was made by James McDonough, a prison counselor, at about 8:40 a. m. The appellant King was absent from his room. The counselor began a search of the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by22 opinions
- United States v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
- Nyland v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Michael Alan Hurley v. Michael W. Moore, Secretary, Department of Corrections, Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General of the State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- King v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
- McCormick v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2004
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