Legal Opinion
Joseph Wilson, Jr. v. Ralph Kemp, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 1986No. 84-8481PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*622R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from the district court’s order granting habeas corpus relief to a state prisoner who has been convicted of murder and sentenced to death. We conclude that the prosecutorial argument at the sentencing phase of petitioner’s trial rendered the proceeding fundamentally unfair in violation of the United States Constitution. Consequently, we affirm the grant of habeas corpus relief.
I. FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
Petitioner, Joseph Wilson, Jr., was convicted in a Georgia state court on August 16, 1979, of murder, kidnapping with bodily injury,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Cargill v. TurpinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
- Reese v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
- Thomas Knight A/k/a, Askari Abdullah Muhammad v. Richard L. Dugger and Tom BartonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
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