ESTELLE, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

v.

CARTER

Citator

Cited By

• Hall v. State, 614 So. 2d 473 (Fla. 1993)
  …2d 1012 (Fla. 1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1030, 105 S.Ct. 2051, 85 L.Ed.2d 324 (1985); Card v. State, 453 So. 2d 17 (Fla.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 989, 105 S.Ct. 396, 83 L.Ed.2d 330 (1984); Martin v. State, 420 So. 2d 583 (Fla.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1056, 103 S.Ct. 1508, 75 L.Ed.2d 937 (1983). Here, the evidence leaves no reasonable inference except that Hall and Ruffin killed the victim to eliminate the only witness to their having kid [*478] napped and raped her and having stolen her car.3 The…
• Nollie Lee Martin v. Louie L. Wainwright, 770 F.2d 918 (11th Cir. 1985)
  …him on all counts and recommended the death penalty. The trial court sentenced Martin to death. The Supreme Court of Florida affirmed Martin’s conviction and death sentence on direct appeal. Martin v. State, 420 So. 2d 583 (Fla.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1056, 103 S.Ct. 1508, 75 L.Ed.2d 937 (1983). Martin's motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 was denied without an evidentiary hearing. The denial was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Florida. Martin v. Sta…

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• Deters v. Collins, 985 F.2d 789 (5th Cir. 1993)
  …have concurrent jurisdiction and equivalent responsibility with federal courts to protect federal rights. Duckworth v. Serrano, 454 U.S. 1, 3, 102 S.Ct. 18, 19, 70 L.Ed.2d 1 (1981); Carter v. Estelle, 677 F. 2d 427, 445 (5th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1056, 103 S.Ct. 1508, 75 L.Ed.2d 937 (1983); Ex parte Royall, 117 U.S. at 251, 6 S.Ct. at 740. Moreover, if, as in this case, an issue rests upon unresolved questions of fact or of state law,14 comity and judicial efficiency may require federal courts t…