MITCHELL

v.

ESTELLE, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Citator

Cited By

• Goodwin v. Balkcom, 684 F.2d 794 (11th Cir. 1982)
  …31 F. 2d 1256, 1260 (5th Cir. 1980), cert. denied, 452 U.S. 907, 101 S.Ct. 3035, 69 L.Ed.2d 409 (1981); Stephens v. Zant, 631 F. 2d 397, 405 (5th Cir. 1980), modified on other grounds on panel rehearing, 648 F. 2d 446 (5th Cir. 1981), cert. granted, 454 U.S. 1035, 102 S.Ct. 575, 70 L.Ed.2d 480 (1982) (case certified to Georgia Supreme Court). Our resolution on the constitutionality of these instructions is significantly aided by the discussion given this topic in Spivey v. Zant, 661 F. 2d 464 (5th Cir. 1981…
• Songer v. Louie L. Wainwright, 733 F.2d 788 (11th Cir. 1984)
  …ng inflicted in an arbitrary and capricious manner,’ ” or that he was “actually prejudiced” by the absence of the transcript. Stephens v. Zant, 631 F. 2d 397, 403 (5th Cir.1980), modified on other grounds, 648 F. 2d 446 (5th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1035, 102 S.Ct. 575, 70 L.Ed.2d 480 (1983) (citations omitted). Songer contends that the rule in Gardner v. Florida, 430 U.S. 349, 97 S.Ct. 1197, 51 L.Ed.2d 393 (1977), which requires that a defendant be given an opportunity to explain or rebut informat…
• Stephens v. Kemp, 464 U.S. 1027 (U.S. 1983)
  …attacks have taken his case through the state court system ee times and through the federal system twice. This Court , considered Stephens’ case four times excluding his present iceedings. See Zant v. Stephens, 462 U. S. 862 (1983); Sterns v. Zant, 454 U. S. 1035 (1981); Stephens v. Hopper, 439 U. S. 991 (1978); Stephens v. Georgia, 429 U. S. 986 (1976). The case before us today commenced with the filing of a federal Deas petition on November 15, 1983, in the United States Dis-ct Court for the Middle Distri…