Legal Opinion
Cecil J. Osborne v. Louie L. Wainwright
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 5, 1983No. 82-3105PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellant Cecil J. Osborne was convicted in the state court of Florida for the offense of second-degree murder. After appeal of that conviction to the state court, which affirmed without opinion, Osborne pursued his state court remedies after which he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 in the United States District Court. One of the grounds upon which the petitioner below sought relief was the admission over objection of a number of gruesome photographs. The basis of petitioner’s § 2254 claim was that the evidence denied him a fundamentally fair trial in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Frank Hills v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Larry K. Barnard v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Michael Hutchins, 053170 v. Louis L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Snowden v. SingletaryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- Cargill v. TurpinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
- Michael Lindsey v. Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, J.D. White, Warden Holman UnitCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Jack E. Alderman v. Walter D. ZantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Lesko v. OwensCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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