Legal Opinion
Blankenship v. Hall
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 15, 2008No. 08-10511PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
Thirty years ago, Sarah Mims Bowen was found dead in her apartment. She had been raped and brutalized. Today, Roy Willard Blankenship, having been tried, convicted, and thrice sentenced to die for the killing, seeks from this Court a writ of habeas corpus. Arguing his counsel at his third and final sentencing trial was ineffective, he believes he is entitled to relief. We hold that he is not.
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A. 1978: The Crime
At around 4:15 p.m. on March 2, 1978, officers from the Savannah Police Department responded to a call at 404 West 44th Street. They were directed to the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Rompilla v. BeardSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- David Ronald Chandler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
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