Legal Opinion
Roach v. Mauldin
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided March 2, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 1848PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIDNEY 0. SMITH, District Judge.
This is an application for writ of habeas corpus filed by a state prisoner under death sentence for a conviction of rape in Whitfield County, Georgia, on May 18, 1965. The prisoner has exhausted his state remedies under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 by appeal following conviction to the Georgia Supreme Court in Roach v. State of Georgia, 221 Ga. 783, 147 S.E.2d 299, rehearing denied (February 16, 1966). Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court has been denied. 385 U.S. 935, 87 S.Ct. 297, 17 L.Ed.2d 215 (November 7, 1966).
By his petition, the prisoner contends that…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Agnello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. VailesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- William B. Donlavey v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Freddie Roach v. G. T. Mauldin, Sheriff of Whitfield County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968