Legal Opinion
Voyles v. Watkins
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided May 13, 1980No. GC 79-115-K-PPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
READY, Chief Judge.
In this habeas corpus proceeding, Jimmy Voyles, petitioner, attacks the constitutionality of his June 1977 conviction in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Mississippi, of the crime of capital murder and imposition of the death sentence. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The conviction and sentence were affirmed September 20, 1978, by the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Voyles v. State, 362 So.2d 1236 (Miss.1978). On May 14, 1979, the Supreme Court of the United States denied his petition for writ of certiorari. Petitioner thereupon filed in the state supreme court an…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- State v. WoodUtah Supreme Court · 1982
- Otis Adams v. Charles Balkcom, Warden, and Arthur K. Bolton, State Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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