ALABAMA

v.

RITTER

Citator

Cited By (14 total)

• Sampson Armstrong v. State, 429 So. 2d 287 (Fla. 1983)
  …cites Stephens v. Zant, 631 F. 2d 397 (5th Cir.1980), modified, 648 F. 2d 446 (5th Cir.1981), remanded, 456 U.S. 410, 102 S.Ct. 1856, 72 L.Ed.2d 222 (1982), and Henry v. Wainwright, 661 F. 2d 56 (5th Cir.1981), vacated on other grounds and remanded, 457 U.S. 1114, 102 S.Ct. 2922, 73 L.Ed.2d 1326, judgment reinstated, 686 F. 2d 311 (5th Cir.1982). However, we find the cited cases to be distinguishable and therefore not controlling. Ford v. Strickland, 696 F. 2d 804 (11th Cir.1983). We therefore find this poin…
• State v. Henry, 456 So. 2d 466 (Fla. 1984)
  …Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed, holding that an erroneous jury instruction which allowed the jury to consider a non-statutory aggravating factor could not be harmless error. Henry v. Wainwright, 661 F. 2d 56 (5th Cir.1981), vacated, 457 U.S. 1114, 102 S.Ct. 2922, 73 L.Ed.2d 1326 (1982). The United States Supreme Court vacated the decision and remanded for consideration of whether failure to comply with state procedural requirements barred federal review on the merits. On remand, the Fifth Ci…
• Wright v. Hopper, 169 F.3d 695 (11th Cir. 1999)
  …ated the judgment of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, and remanded the case to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals for reconsideration in light of Hopper v. Evans, 456 U.S. 605, 102 S.Ct. 2049, 72 L.Ed.2d 367 (1982). See Alabama v. Wright, 457 U.S. 1114, 102 S.Ct. 2920, 73 L.Ed.2d 1325 (1982). After remand by the United States Supreme Court, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Wright’s conviction and sentence of death. See Wright v. State, 494 So. 2d 726. The Alabama Supreme Court affi…