BAXTER

v.

CORNETT, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• Gray v. Lucas, 677 F.2d 1086 (5th Cir. 1982)
  …on his behalf and refused to identify any witnesses.5 [*1094] While Gray’s refusal did not negate Heidelberg’s duty to investigate, the scope of that duty was limited by Gray’s refusal. See Akridge v. Hopper, 545 F. 2d 457 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 431 U.S. 941, 97 S.Ct. 2657, 53 L.Ed.2d 260 (1977). Moreover, the witnesses which Gray now claims should have been interviewed were not eyewitnesses to the crime and therefore crucial to the defense of the case. They were character witnesses, the value of whose…
• United States v. Porter, 764 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1985)
  …2 L.Ed.2d 176 (1982); Mcallister v. Brown, 555 F. 2d 1277 (5th Cir.1977); Houser v. United States, 508 F. 2d 509, 518 (8th Cir.1974); Turnbough v. Wyrick, 420 F.Supp. 588 (E.D.Mo. [*10] 1976) , affirmed, 551 F. 2d 202 (8th Cir. 1977) , cert. denied, 431 U.S. 941, 97 S.Ct. 2658, 53 L.Ed.2d 260 (1977). Defendant-appellant chose not to call the informant as a witness when he was available. See, e.g., United States v. Vila, 599 F. 2d 21 (2d Cir.1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 837, 100 S.Ct. 73, 62 L.Ed.2d 48 (197…
• United States v. Brown, 744 F.2d 905 (2d Cir. 1984)
  …constitutional requirement that a jury determine any aspect of a defendant’s sentence. Williams v. New York, 337 U.S. [*909] 241, 250-51, 69 S.Ct. 1079, 1084-85, 93 L.Ed. 1337 (1949); Turnbough v. Wyrick, 551 F. 2d 202, 203 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 431 U.S. 941, 97 S.Ct. 2658, 53 L.Ed.2d 260 (1977); Payne v. Nash, 327 F. 2d 197, 200 (8th Cir.1964); Virginia ex rel. Shifflett v. Cook, 333 F.Supp. 718, 721 (W.D.Va.1971). The Eighth Amendment circumscribes the outer limits of permissible penalties, Solem v.…