Legal Opinion
Ronald Lee Fisher v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1978No. 77-3022PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge.
On a plea of nolo contendere Ronald Lee Fisher was convicted in Florida state court and was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape and to a concurrent fifteen year term for kidnapping. After exhausting state remedies, 1 he petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm the lower court’s denial of his petition.
Fisher’s application for habeas corpus relief is grounded on the claim that his nolo plea was involuntarily made. He contends that he was forced to enter the plea when faced with the prospect of going to trial believing that he had ineffective…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- David McChesney v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Jesse Willard Perkins v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by35 opinions
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Sones v. HargettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Jimmy Frank v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- William Neal Moore v. Charles Balkcom, Warden, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Olsen v. CorreiroCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
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