Legal Opinion
Lucas v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 8, 2012No. 08-15761PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
In this old capital case, Harold Gene Lucas was convicted on one count of first-degree murder for the 1976 death of sixteen-year-old Anthia “Jill” Piper and two counts of attempted first-degree murder for the shootings of Terri L. Rice and Richard “Ricky” Byrd, Jr. He was sentenced by a state trial court in Florida to die for Piper’s murder. After several remands from direct appeals and a resentencing proceeding before a new jury that again resulted in the imposition of the death penalty, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed Lucas’s convictions and sentences on direct…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- O'Sullivan v. BoerckelSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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3Cited by119 opinions
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