Legal Opinion
Nettles v. Wainwright
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1982No. 80-5596PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In a companion opinion, Nettles v. Wainwright, 677 F.2d 404 (5th Cir. 1982) (en banc), Administrative Unit B of this court sitting en banc remanded this case to this panel to consider the merits of Nettles’s application for habeas corpus relief. The district court accepted a United States Magistrate’s unobjected to report and recommendation finding Nettles’s claims to be meritless and dismissed the petition. Finding no error, we affirm.
In January, 1975, Nettles was arrested and charged with robbery, assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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