Legal Opinion
Maggio v. Fulford
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 6, 1983No. 82-1408PublishedCited by 311 opinions
1Per curiam
Respondent John Fulford was found guilty of murder by a Louisiana jury in 1972. His conviction was affirmed on appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court, State v. Nix, 327 So. 2d 301 (1975), and, after exhausting state postconviction remedies, he sought federal habeas corpus relief. The *112United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana denied relief, App. to Pet. for Cert. A-21, but the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed, holding that “we cannot, with the certitude befitting a federal court, affirm that Fulford possessed the mental competency to participate…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. Oregon State Medical SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by311 opinions
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