SKIPPER

v.

WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION OF FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By

• Amadeo v. Zant, 486 U.S. 214 (U.S. 1988)
  …4-18. The Georgia Supreme Court nevertheless affirmed petitioner’s convictions and sentences, rejecting his challenge to the jury on the ground that it “comes too late.”2 [*219] Amadeo v. State, 243 Ga. 627, 629, 255 S. E. 2d 718, 720, cert. denied, 444 U. S. 974 (1979). Petitioner twice sought a writ of habeas corpus in the state courts without success, and this Court denied certiorari both times. After exhausting his state remedies, petitioner sought a writ of habeas corpus in Federal District Court. Pe…
• Gates v. Zant, 863 F.2d 1492 (11th Cir. 1989)
  …rial is barred from raising the issue in a later state proceeding absent a showing of cause for failing to raise the objection below. See Ga.Code Ann. §§ 15-12-162, 9-14-42(b); Amadeo v. State, 243 Ga. 627, 255 S.E. 2d 718, 720 (1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 974, 100 S.Ct. 469, 62 L.Ed.2d 389 (1979). A defendant who is procedurally barred from raising a federal constitutional claim in state court is also barred from raising the claim in a federal habeas petition unless he can show cause for and actual pre…
• Moreno v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., 717 F.2d 171 (5th Cir. 1983)
  …no v. Texas, 541 S.W. 2d 170, 173-74 (Tex.Cr.App.1976). It is not our function as a federal appellate court in a habeas proceeding to review a state’s interpretation of its own law. Skipper v. Wainwright, 598 F. 2d 425, 427 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 974, 100 S.Ct. 469, 62 L.Ed.2d 389 (1979). Moreover, Moreno’s claim in this regard does not raise an issue beyond those discussed above, which are entirely matters of Texas jurisprudence. The right to examine jurors on the possible range of punishment,…