Legal Opinion
Louis Flanagan v. C. Murray Henderson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 12, 1974No. 73-2451PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Louis Flanagan was convicted by a jury in the 11th Judicial District Court of the State of Louisiana of aggravated rape and was sentenced to life imprisonment. His right of direct appeal to the Supreme Court of Louisiana 1 was substantially harmed, if not effectively thwarted, by the failure of one of his two retained counsel to perfect an appeal on the basis of the numerous Bills of Exception taken during the trial court proceedings. The effect of this failure was to limit the appeal record to the minute entries made by the trial court clerk. The Supreme Court of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Entsminger v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Venson Eugene Williams v. A. L. Dutton, Warden of the State Prison at Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by27 opinions
- William L. Calley, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Howard H. Callaway, Etc., Etc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Deloy C. RossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- State v. MaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- United States v. Edward Wray Crockett, Jr., Eugene Allen Fisher and Hugh R. SegarsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Arthur Lee Norris v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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