Legal Opinion

Roosevelt Hopkins v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 6, 1972No. 71-3104PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

Hopkins appeals from an order of the district court denying his petition for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Appellant was convicted upon trial by jury in the Dade County, Florida Criminal Court of Record of the offenses of robbery and attempted murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed on appeal. Hopkins v. State, Fla.App., 192 So.2d 8 (1966), cert. denied, Fla., 200 So.2d 812 (1967) . After exhausting state remedies, appellant filed his habeas petition in the court below alleging that (1) the Government knowingly used perjured testimony concerning…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. John C. Fulford v. A. L. Dutton, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  4. George Summerville v. Thomas D. Cook, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary, No. 30619 Summary Calendar. Rule 18, 5th Cir. See Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. Of New York, 5th Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part ICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  5. Wallace Pleas v. L. L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, No. 30905, Summary Calendar. Rule 18, 5 Cir. Isbell Enterprises, Inc v. Citizens Casualty Company of New York, 5 Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part ICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jose M. Rodriguez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  2. Joe Nathan Jackson v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  3. Pitts v. HopperDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1974

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