Legal Opinion
Johnny Lee Cronnon v. State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1977No. 76-2161PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Johnny Lee Cronnon seeks habeas corpus relief from his Alabama conviction of first-degree murder. At trial Cronnon denied that he committed the gruesome murder of the fifteen-year-old victim. A jury found him guilty, and he drew a sentence of life imprisonment.
In this habeas corpus action Cronnon raises seven claims: (1) the improper use of eyewitness testimony derived from a suggestive pretrial photographic identification procedure, see Simmons v. United States, 390 U.S. 377, 88 S.Ct. 967, 19 L.Ed.2d 1247 (1968); cf. Manson v. Brathwaite,-U.S. -, 97 S.Ct. 2243, 53…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Sylvian Dale Bishop v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Gennero Galtieri v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, John Matera v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- James Nutall, A/K/A Willie James Nutall v. Jim Greer, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Johnny Lee Cronnon v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Joe Pedrero v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Dept. Of Offender Rehabilitation, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Gennero Galtieri v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, John Matera v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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