Legal Opinion

Shuler v. Wainwright

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided May 4, 1972No. Civ. 64-129PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.

Petitioners, death row inmates at the Florida State Prison, Raiford, Florida, seek the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus and allege, inter alia, three issues which are presently before this Court. These issues are that (a) defendant petitioners were convicted in violation of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution through the state’s knowing and deliberate use of faked plaster foot casts as evidence, (b) the suppression of exculpatory statements by the prosecution was in violation of the due…

2Cases cited73 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  5. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Gary L. Quigg v. Roger W. Crist, Warden of the Montana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
  2. Robert Shuler and Jerry Chatman v. Louie L. Wainwright, Direcotor, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  3. Victor Manuel Martinez v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  4. Pueblo v. Hernández GarcíaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1974
  5. Sheff v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

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