Rayfield Byrd v. Louie L. Wainwright
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
In this habeas proceeding, we consider whether an indigent prisoner has a constitutional right to a transcript in order to petition the state supreme court for discretionary direct review of his conviction.
In 1975, a Florida state jury convicted Rayfield Byrd of first-degree murder and robbery. Following sentencing, 1 Byrd filed an appeal as of right with the Florida District Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. The court determined that Byrd was indigent and appointed a public defender to represent him. Byrd’s attorney received leave to withdraw as counsel after he filed a brief pursuant to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Ross v. MoffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Bundy v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- State v. SeifertSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- George Gerald Chamberlain v. Robert Ericksen, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Coleman Pennington v. Larry Spears, Warden, and the State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Drexel Greene v. Anthony J. Brigano, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
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