Legal Opinion
Leo Daniel Luton v. The State of Texas, and H. E. Moore, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1962No. 19680_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing appellant’s petition for habeas corpus. In his petition in the trial court appellant asserted that he was under conviction and sentence of electrocution for murder committed during an armed robbery; that he was denied the effective aid of counsel by the state court in which he was tried; and that he had been denied other constitutional rights in the conduct of the trial or the pretrial proceedings.
Appellant has pursued all state remedies and has been denied his petition for certiorari in the United States…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
3Cited by3 opinions
- Charles Earl Brubaker v. Fred R. Dickson, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Tommy N. Greer v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Leo Daniel Luton v. State of Texas and H. E. Moore, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963