mccleskey v zant lyrics (by the supreme court of the united states)
Lyrics for: mccleskey v zant by the supreme court of the united states No. 89-7024 McCLESKEY, PETITIONER v. WALTER D. ZANT, SUPERINTENDENT, GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC & CLASSIFICATION CENTER [April 16, 1991] Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court. The doctrine of abuse of the writ defines the circumstances in which federal courts decline to entertain a claim presented for the first time in a second or subsequent petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner Warren McCleskey in a second federal habeas petition presented a claim under Ma**iah v. United States, 377 U.S. 201 (1964), that he failed to include in his first federal petition. The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a**ertion of the Ma**iah claim in this manner abused the writ. Though our analysis differs from that of the Court of Appeals, we agree that the petitioner here abused the writ, and we affirm the judgment. I McCleskey and three other men, all armed, robbed a Georgia furniture store in 1978.