U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1987

James Ernest Hitchcock v. Richard L. Dugger

James Ernest Hitchcock v. Richard L. Dugger
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Decided October 26, 1987 · Roney, Godbold, Tjoflat, Hill, Fay, Vance, Kravitch, Johnson, Anderson, Clark, Edmondson, Morgan
832 F.2d 140; 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 14222 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

James Ernest Hitchcock v. Richard L. Dugger

Opinion

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

PER CURIAM:

Pursuant to the opinion issued April 22, 1987, by the Supreme Court of the United States, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 1821, 95 L.Ed.2d 347 (1987), this cause is REMANDED to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida with instructions to enter an order granting the application for a writ of habeas corpus, unless the State within a reasonable period of time either resentences petitioner in a proceeding that comports with the requirements of Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586, 98 S.Ct. 2954, 57 L.Ed.2d 973 (1978) or vacates the death sentence and imposes a lesser sentence consistent with law.

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