Legal Opinion
Ronald Ray Brantley v. Dan v. McKaskle Acting Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1984No. 82-1424PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
The defendant, Ronald Ray Brantley, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Brantley exhausted his state remedies and now appeals the denial by a federal district court of his application for a federal writ of habeas corpus. We affirm the denial of the writ.
Mary Emma Davis was murdered in late August 1972. She had been struck in the head with an iron skillet, her throat had been cut, and her vagina had been cut out. Five weeks later, an offduty detective stopped Brantley on a secluded road and searched Brantley’s car, allegedly with Brantley’s…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Jimmy Lee Gray v. Eddie Lucas, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Jerry Lane Jurek v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Thomas Willie Williams v. Ross Maggio, Jr., WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Bell v. LynbaughDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1987
- Miller v. FentonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Felder v. EstelleDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1984
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