A rare sitting of the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday presented an even rarer event: a death row inmate and the Georgia attorney general’s office agreeing on something.
The capital case was the lone matter before 11 judges, who sit en banc a few times a year. There was no discussion of the facts of the murder for which Marion Wilson Jr. is facing execution, or his lawyers’ claims that the jury that sentenced him to death didn’t hear enough about his difficult childhood. Instead, the lawyers and judges debted a procedural question with the small potential to make a difference in a lot of cases.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
