Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Willie Seals, Jr. v. Martin J. Wiman, Warden, Kilby Prison, Montgomery, Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1962No. 19391_1PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Seals, a Negro, was convicted of the rape of a white woman and was sentenced to death by electrocution. His conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Alabama. Seals v. State, 1960, 271 Ala. 142, 122 So.2d 513. A petition for leave to file in the trial court a petition for writ of error coram nobis was denied by the Supreme Court of Alabama, Ex parte Seals, 1961, 271 Ala. 622, 126 So.2d 474. Certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court of the United States, “without prejudice to an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the appropriate United States District…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by126 opinions
- Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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- Willie B. Brooks v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Rabinowitz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Edgar Labat and Clifton Alton Poret v. Robert B. Bennett, Acting Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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