Legal Opinion

Jose Martinez High v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided November 20, 1990No. 89-8804PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of relief under Rule 60(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. We affirm.

Jose High and his accomplices, Nathan Brown and Judson Ruffin, robbed a service station. They abducted the operator of the station, Henry Lee Phillips, and his 11-year old stepson, Bonnie Bullock. Phillips was placed in the trunk of the car and Bullock in the back seat. High and his accomplices drove their captives to a remote site where they were to be eliminated. The 11-year old boy was taunted with threats of death as they rode in the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Boyde v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Mills v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. California v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by20 opinions

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