Legal Opinion
Joe Cephas Singleton v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 12, 1974No. 72-2517PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
We review here a district court order denying appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For reasons set out below, we affirm the district court’s ruling.
I. THE FACTS
Joe Cephas Singleton, the appellant, is a black male who was charged in April, 1960, with the rape of a white female in Beaumont, Texas. At trial in the Criminal District Court of Jefferson County, Texas the State introduced as evidence against Singleton a signed confession and a single thumbprint, matching Singleton’s left thumbprint, found on the Venetian blind covering the window through which the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Davis v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Gennero Galtieri v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, John Matera v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- John Dale Henson v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Andrew Peter TurcotteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Louis D. Lamberti v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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