Legal Opinion
Guy Mason v. Charles R. Balkcom, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1982No. 80-7344PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner, Guy Mason, appeals from the district court’s order and judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse.
In January 1975, petitioner was convicted of murder and sentenced to death after a jury trial in the Superior Court of Baldwin County, Georgia.1 On direct appeal and the mandatory sentence review,2 petitioner’s conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court, Mason v. State, 236 Ga. 46, 222 S.E.2d 339 (1976), and certio-rari was denied by the United States Supreme Court, Mason v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 910, 96…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by68 opinions
- William Henry Hance v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Warren McCleskey Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Ronald Clark O'Bryan v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- William Kenny Stephens, Cross-Appellee v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent- Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Robert G. Lamb v. Marvin Jernigan, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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