Legal Opinion
Ernest Whippler v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden, Georgia, State Prison, Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1965No. 21726PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
December 7, 1960, Ernest Whippier, represented by court-appointed counsel, was convicted of murder. The Superior Court of Bibb County, Georgia, sentenced Whippier to death by electrocution. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed. Whippler v. State, 1962, 218 Ga. 198, 126 S.E.2d 744. The United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. Whippler v. Georgia, 1963, 375 U.S. 960, 84 S.Ct. 446, 11 L.Ed.2d 318. May 13, 1964, Whippier applied for federal habeas corpus. The district court, without holding an evi-dentiary hearing, dismissed the petition on the ground that Whippier, by…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Edgar Labat and Clifton Alton Poret v. Robert B. Bennett, Acting Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Cecal Bell v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida v. Clarence SimpsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- James Lee Spencer v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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