Legal Opinion
Ernest Thomas v. Richard L. Dugger, Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, State of Florida, Nos. 84-5348, 86-5416
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 7, 1988No. 669PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
Ernest Thomas, a Florida state prisoner, is serving a life sentence imposed after a bargained plea of guilty to first-degree murder. He appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus which challenged the voluntariness of his guilty plea, tendered with retained counsel, to the state trial court on March 26, 1973. We affirm.
This consolidated appeal comes before the Court after a remand to the district court, on request of the State, to make factual findings and conclusions of law on the issue of laches and, if necessary, on the merits of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bernard Litman v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Robert O. McDonnell v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Larry Hill v. Leland Q. Linahan, Jr., Superintendent, Jack T. Rutledge Correctional Institution, Columbus, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Calvin Sellars v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Thomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Calvin Gunn v. Lanson Newsome, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Moseley v. ScullyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1995
- Clency v. NagleCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
- Terry Brian Tower v. O.J. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- State v. MayesOhio Court of Appeals · 2014
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