Legal Opinion

Billy Wayne Sinclair v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 27, 1979No. 78-2003PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Per curiam

Billy Wayne Sinclair, a Louisiana prisoner, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254. Appellant is currently serving a 25-year sentence imposed on November 4, 1966, for armed robbery and a life sentence imposed on March 2, 1967, for a murder committed during the armed robbery. In his petition appellant seeks to attack and have expunged from the record a prior unrelated conviction which, he claims, has present adverse collateral consequences on the sentences he is now serving. 1 We affirm the district court’s…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Albert H. Carter v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  2. United States v. Charles Herbert FullerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  3. Adair v. DretkeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  4. Ronnie Escobedo v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  5. State Ex Rel. Becnel v. BlackburnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982

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