Legal Opinion
Curfew Davis v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 24, 1985No. 83-8244PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
In 1974, Petitioner Curfew Davis was convicted of murder in Georgia state court and sentenced to death. After an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a writ of habeas corpus in state court, Davis filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (1976). The district court dismissed the petition without holding an evidentiary hearing. A panel of this court reversed on the ground that petitioner had been sentenced in 1977 before an unconstitutionally composed jury, and remanded for another sentencing proceeding, 721 F.2d 1478 (11 Cir., 1983). We granted the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Connecticut v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Davis v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. WinterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by75 opinions
- William Anthony Brooks v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Henry Arthur Drake v. Ralph Kemp, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- William Kenny Stephens, Cross-Appellee v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent- Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Richard Tucker v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Robert Franklin Godfrey, Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Respondent- Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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