Legal Opinion
Lamar Rudd v. State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1973No. 72-2409PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is by the State of Florida from the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus for Lamar Rudd, a state prisoner serving a 40-year term for armed robbery of a store. The District Court’s order, entered after a full evidentiary hearing and pursuant to a memorandum opinion, 343 F.Supp. 212, directed the immediate release of Rudd from state custody and allowed the state to retry him if it so elected. The error that caused the writ to issue was the introduction at Rudd’s state trial of identification testimony that had its roots in assertedly unconstitutional pretrial…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Jordan W. Anderson and Clyde W. Anderson v. Ross Maggio, Acting Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Nowell A. Brathwaite v. John R. Manson, Commissioner of Correction of the State of ConnecticutCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Charles William Cannon v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- McCracken v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- United States v. William X. Beckham, A/K/A William X. Motley, William 56x, William Moore Andjerry MooreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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