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Neal v. Cain

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 8, 1998No. 97-30055PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Jeffrey Neal was convicted in two separate trials in Louisiana state court of sexual battery and aggravated kidnaping respectively. He is currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment at hard labor. Neal filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court, alleging, among other things, that the principle of collateral estoppel barred his second trial for aggravated kidnaping after he was convicted of sexual battery but acquitted of aggravated rape in his first trial. The district court denied his petition and we affirm.

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2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. State v. HaaralaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State v. SonnierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. York v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011
  2. Ex Parte TaylorCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  3. Murphy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. Wood v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
  5. Murphy v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2006

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