Legal Opinion
Lionel Edwards v. Robert H. Butler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 1, 1989No. 88-3665PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
In this pro se appeal of the district court’s denial of his section 2254 habeas petition, Lionel Edwards alleges numerous violations of his constitutional rights during state court proceedings. Finding Edwards’ assertions meritless, we affirm.
I
At about 9 a.m. on April 11, 1980, Janet-ta Doty was asleep on a couch in her apartment when she was awakened by two men who put a cloth sack over her head and led her to an upstairs bedroom. Through the cloth sack Doty could see that one of the assailants was armed with a knife. In the upstairs bedroom the two men stripped her and then each raped her.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Jerry Lynn Young v. Robert Herring, Lee County SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Poole v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- United States v. Dwight Ernest DougallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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