Legal Opinion
Magill v. Dugger
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 28, 1987No. 85-3820PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Paul Magill appeals from an order of the district court denying habeas corpus relief from his murder conviction and death sentence. Because we find that the sentencing proceeding which resulted in a death sentence was prejudiced by the combination of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness and the advisory jury’s failure to consider non-statutory mitigating circumstances, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
The facts surrounding this homicide were, with minor exceptions, undisputed at trial and were derived mostly from Magill’s taped confession and in-court testimony. Magill was a seventeen…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- Larry Gene Heath v. Charlie Jones, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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