UNITED STATES

v.

JORDAN ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (31 total)

• Stevens v. State, 552 So. 2d 1082 (Fla. 1989)
  …cumstances when in fact those circumstances exist, then confidence in the trial judge’s decision to reject the jury’s recommendation is undermined. Porter v. Wainwright, 805 F. 2d 930, 936 (11th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 482 U.S. 918, 107 S.Ct. 3195, 96 L.Ed.2d 682 (1987). At that point it cannot be said that no reasonable person could differ as to the appropriate penalty. Id. Not only did trial counsel fail to develop a case in mitigation or to make any arguments on Stevens’ behalf, he also made inexcusable…
• Johnson v. State, 536 So. 2d 1009 (Fla. 1988)
  …cannot say thát, with Porter’s proffered evidence in hand, no reasonable person could differ as to the appropriate penalty. Porter v. Wainwright, 805 F. 2d 930, 936 (11th Cir.1986), cert. denied sub nom. Porter v. Dugger, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 3195, 96 L.Ed.2d 682, and cert. denied, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 3196, 96 L.Ed.2d 683 (1987). As in Porter, this unpresented mitigating evidence could have rendered petitioner’s death sentence unlawful under Tedder or disproportionate to other cases involving similar mitiga…
• Raleigh Porter v. Dugger, 559 So. 2d 201 (Fla. 1990)
  …rdner v. Florida, 430 U.S. 349, 97 S.Ct. 1197, 51 L.Ed.2d 393 (1977). . Porter also sought relief in the federal courts, which stayed his execution. In Porter v. Wainwright, 805 F. 2d 930 (11th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 482 U.S. 918, 107 S.Ct. 3195, 96 L.Ed.2d 682 (1987), the circuit court remanded to the district court for an evidentiary hearing on some of Porter's claims, but we can find no subsequent history on this case. . In his findings of fact the trial judge stated: The Court has very carefully weig…