Legal Opinion

Ernest Jackson Cottle v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 23, 1973No. 72-1673PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Ernest Jackson Cottle, appellee herein, was convicted of robbery in the Duval County Criminal Court of Record and on September 14, 1956, was sentenced to serve a term of twelve years in the state penitentiary. He was released on parole on November 28, 1961, and thereafter conducted himself in a manner which the Florida Parole Commission found unobjectionable until April 29,' 1968 when he was convicted in the Recorder’s Court of New Hanover, North- Carolina for public drunkenness. The court imposed the maximum penalty of twenty days for a first such offense, but suspended…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Alabama v. SheltonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  2. Nicholas A. Palmigiano v. Joseph BaxterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
  3. United States v. Jack WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
  4. Ronnie Maurice Howard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
  5. Martin P. Marston v. R. M. Oliver, Superintendent of the Virginia State FarmCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973

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