Legal Opinion
Joseph W. Johnson v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1985No. 84-4077PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
During the early-morning hours of June 28, 1979, Estella Allen was shot and killed in her house in Shreveport, Louisiana. Her ten-year old son Jimmy Allen, Jr., was wounded by a gunshot while he lay in bed. Estella Allen’s “boyfriend,” Joseph W. Johnson, was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in connection with the shootings. Johnson appeals the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254, by the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. We affirm.
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2Cases cited41 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Gray v. LynnCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Michael Wayne Evans v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Pedro L. Gochicoa v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
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