Legal Opinion
Francis v. Dugger
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided October 7, 1988No. 88-10075-CIVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
NESBITT, District Judge.
This cause is before the court upon Bobby Marion Francis’ Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed on October 3, 1988. Because the State had scheduled Francis’ execution for 7:00 A.M. on October 4, 1988, this court granted an emergency motion for stay of execution pending the resolution of the petition. For the reasons set forth below, the Petition for Writ of Habe-as Corpus is Denied.
Background
On March 29, 1985, a Dade County jury convicted Francis of first-degree murder for the 1975 death of Titus Walters. 1 The jury…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
- People v. EdwardsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1991
- Hugo Tejada v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Bobby Marion Francis v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Richard Anderson, United States of America v. Kenneth v. GreenwoodCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Bryan F. Jennings v. James McDonoughCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
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