Legal Opinion
Howard Mattheson v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1983No. 83-3521PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Howard Mattheson was convicted of first degree murder in a Louisiana state court in 1978 and sentenced to die. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1981. State v. Mattheson, 407 So.2d 1150 (La. 1981). His application for a writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court was denied on July 6,1983. On August 12, 1983, petitioner filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1976) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. On August 19, 1983, the district court denied the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- State v. MatthesonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- Robert Webster v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Sones v. HargettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Howard Mattheson v. John T. King, Secretary of the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Leslie Lowenfield v. C. Paul Phelps, Secretary of the Department of Corrections, State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
- State v. GoffSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
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