Legal Opinion
Rito G. Canales v. J. E. Baker, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1969No. 10-68_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKEY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Rito Canales, entered a plea of guilty to a second degree murder charge in the New Mexico state court. As a result of the plea he was sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary. The petition here involved was filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and denied by the Federal District Court for the District of New Mexico. The trial court denied the petition on the grounds that Canales had failed to exhaust his state remedies pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b) and (c) and that the state court had already made a valid determination of the merits on the issues by virtue…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Eddie S. Maes v. Wayne K. Patterson, Warden, Colorado State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Le Roy St. Clair Brown, Jr. v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- John Omo v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Ralph Jerome Selz v. The State of California, Richard A. McGee Director, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Denny Lee Gafford v. Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, and State of AlaskaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Billy Joe Lewis v. State of New MexicoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Hopkins v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- William Pope v. John W. Turner, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
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