Legal Opinion
Lonnie Ray Norman v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1985No. 84-2579PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Circuit Judge:
Lonnie Ray Norman, a state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s denial of his application for a writ of habe-as corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Norman contends on appeal that he is entitled to relief on three separate grounds, all of which the district court rejected: (1) because his indictment was fundamentally defective, (2) because he received ineffective assistance of counsel that rendered his guilty plea unknowing and involuntary, and (3) because his conviction was based on an illegal arrest and an illegal search and seizure. Norman also contends that the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Moises Galindo v. Precision American Corp., Georgia Pacific CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Garcia v. DialCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Charlene Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination UnitCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- James Roy Carter v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Jessel Turner v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
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