Legal Opinion
Pitts v. Hopper
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided December 14, 1974No. C74-739APublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MOYE, District Judge.
Clyde Pitts, a state prisoner presently incarcerated at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia, brings this habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in forma pauperis. Pitts alleges that the ineffective assistance of counsel before, during and after his burglary trial in the Superior Court of Henry County, Georgia, on October 27, 1971, prevented him from getting a fair trial.
A jury found Pitts guilty of burglary and, due to a prior conviction, sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment.
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Petitioner has exhausted his available state remedies, 28 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- LaVallee v. Delle RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Pitts v. GlassSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re BarnettCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
- Gaines v. HopperDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1977
- Fleming v. ZantDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1983