for THE FLORIDA BAR
1. Engle v. Isaac, No. 80-1430 , SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, December 8, 1981, Argued , April 5, 1982, Decided ** Together with Perini, Correctional Superintendent v. Bell, and Engle, Correctional Superintendent v. Hughes, also on certiorari to the same court (see this Court's Rule 19.4).
OVERVIEW: Prisoners' habeas corpus petitions were dismissed under the independent and adequate state ground doctrine because the prisoners' claims of due process violations were barred where they failed to object to the allegedly erroneous jury charges.
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