Legal Opinion
Mendenhall v. Hopper
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided May 9, 1978No. CV476-335PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAWRENCE, District Judge.
Petitioner is an inmate at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville. He filed a petition in this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on December 20, 1976. Mr. Mendenhall entered a guilty plea on April 24, 1973, in the Superior Court of DeKalb County to two counts of murder in the first degree and one count of aggravated assault. He was sentenced by Judge Clyde Henley to life imprisonment on each murder count and to ten years imprisonment on the aggravated assault charge, the sentences to run concurrently.
Prior to filing his federal habeas…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by14 opinions
- United States v. Ronald MarbleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- Voyles v. WatkinsDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1980
- Bannister v. ArmontroutDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1992
- Galloway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
- Layer v. LylesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1984
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