Legal Opinion
Anthony Pierce Mattox v. Richard L. Dugger and Robert Butterworth, Attorney General of the State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 1988No. 86-3745PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge:
In 1982 Anthony Pierce Mattox was convicted of burglary of a dwelling and grand theft. Police found three fingerprints matching Mattox’s in the dwelling. Mattox defended himself by admitting that he had been in the dwelling, but by asserting that he had entered the home with the permission of one of the occupants in order to purchase marijuana.
Petitioner filed an initial appeal with the Florida District Court of Appeal, First District. Petitioner’s grounds for appeal included the failure of the trial judge to allow him full and effective cross-examination of Manly, the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Clifford Daugharty v. Clarence T. Gladden, Warden, Oregon State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- John E. Kirby v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
3Cited by4 opinions
- Joyce Lisa Cummings v. Richard L. Dugger and Robert A. ButterworthCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Hunt v. TuckerDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1995
- Mattox v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
- Hunt v. TuckerDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1995