Legal Opinion
Linver Jenkins v. Preston L. Fitzberger, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1971No. 15254PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Per curiam
Jenkins filed a petition for habeas corpus alleging a number of grounds for relief. One of the grounds, that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction, was raised on direct appeal to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. The district court dismissed this claim on the merits. A review of the trial transcript convinces us that the district court was clearly correct in determining that the record is not “so totally devoid of evidentiary support as to render his conviction unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” Thompson v. Louisville, 362 U.S.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Ted Williams v. Ira M. Coiner, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Successor to Otto C. BolesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- Tom Taylor Tolg v. T. Ralph Grimes, Sheriff of Fulton County, Georgia, T. Ralph Grimes, Sheriff of Fulton County, Georgia v. Tom Taylor TolgCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- United States of America Ex Rel. Rudolph E. Boyance v. David N. Myers, Superintendent of Graterford Correctional InstituteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- H. Rap Brown v. Honorable Raymond Fogel, City Sergeant, Alexandria, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by74 opinions
- Granberry v. GreerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Robert J. McCarthy v. John Manson, Commissioner of Corrections of the State of ConnecticutCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Limmie West, III v. State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Cesar Ramirez Gutierrez v. Bertram S. Griggs, Superintendent, California Institution for Men at ChinoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Prado McGee Jr. v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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