Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Baldwin v. Blackburn
456 U.S. 950
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1982-04-26
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that a failure to comply with state law requirements presents a federal habeas issue only if it involves federal constitutional issues
- courts considering habeas petitions are not required to accept blindly speculative claims
- trial judge’s failure to instruct jury that one of statutory aggravating circumstances must be found to convict defendant of first degree murder resulted in no prejudice becausé jury found one of such aggravating circumstances at sentencing phase
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 52 opinions
C. A. 5th Cir.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6301, 653 F. 2d 942.