JOHNSTON

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Heath v. State, 237 So. 3d 931 (Fla. 2018)
  …t Heath is not entitled to relief. Heath was sentenced to death following a jury's recommendation for death by a vote of ten to two. Heath v. State , 648 So. 2d 660, 663 (Fla. 1994). Heath's sentence of death became final in 1995. Heath v. Florida , 515 U.S. 1162, 115 S.Ct. 2618, 132 L.Ed.2d 860 (1995). Thus, Hurst does not apply retroactively to Heath's sentence of death. See Hitchcock , 226 So. 3d at 217. Accordingly, we affirm the denial of Heath's motion. The Court having carefully considered all argume…
• Hightower v. Schofield, 365 F.3d 1008 (11th Cir. 2004)
  …The Georgia Supreme Court denied Hightower’s application for probable cause to appeal and his subsequent motion for reconsideration. The Supreme Court of the United States denied Hightower’s petition for a writ of certiorari, Hightower v. Thomas, 515 U.S. 1162, 115 S.Ct. 2618, 132 L.Ed.2d 860 (1995), and his petition for rehearing, Hightower v. Thomas, 515 U.S. 1183, 116 S.Ct. 30, 132 L.Ed.2d 912 (1995). Having pursued all state court avenues of relief, Hightower sought habeas corpus relief in the United…
• Hightower v. Terry, 459 F.3d 1067 (11th Cir. 2006)
  …After the superior court denied relief (on all of the petition’s claims), the Georgia Supreme Court denied Hightower’s application for probable cause to appeal, and the Supreme Court denied his petition for a writ of certiorari, Hightower v. Thomas, 515 U.S. 1162, 115 S.Ct. 2618, 132 L.Ed.2d 860 (1995). Having exhausted his state remedies, Hightower filed the instant habeas petition. The petition contained several claims, including the Batson claim now under consideration pursuant to the Supreme Court’s ma…