Legal Opinion
Jones v. Kemp
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided February 16, 1989No. 1:88-cv-328-CAMPublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER OF COURT
MOYE, Senior District Judge.
Brandon A. Jones, a/k/a Wilbur May, petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth in Parts III, A-H, of this opinion, the court finds petitioner’s claims of alleged error during the guilt/innocence phase of his trial to be without merit. For the reasons set forth in Part IV of this opinion, however, the court finds that the state trial court committed constitutional error in the sentencing phase of the petitioner’s trial. Accordingly, the court grants the petitioner’s application…
2Cases cited89 opinions
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- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by55 opinions
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