Legal Opinion
Billy Clay Clark v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1980No. 78-3018PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the order of the district court, denying Billy Clay Clark’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in July 1977 pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254. The district court entered its order on July 27, 1978 after adopting the magistrate’s report and recommendation to deny relief on petitioner’s allegations of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. 1
The district court’s decision was made upon a review of the record and without the benefit of an evidentiary hearing. The record included the habeas corpus petition and the magistrate’s report. The magistrate’s report was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Otis Ray Fitzgerald v. W. J. Estelle, Director Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Robert Allen Gaines v. Joe S. HopperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Billy GrayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Leroy Friedman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Barrington B. Bell v. State of Georgia, Joseph S. Hopper, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Willie Fred Baty v. Charles R. Balkcom, Warden, the Attorney General of the State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Terry Lee Goodwin v. Charles Balkcom, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Charlie Young, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Joseph Thomas v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Johnny Mack Westbrook v. Walter B. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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