Legal Opinion
George W. Milton v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1968No. 25612_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Chief Judge:
Appellant, who is presently serving a life sentence imposed on December 12, 1958, for murder, seeks habeas relief from that conviction and sentence. The Federal District Judge, without holding an evidentiary hearing but on the basis of the State Court transcript, denied the relief sought. Appellant here contends that his conviction was constitutionally void because an oral confession as a matter of law was not voluntary and, in any event, it was introduced against him at trial without proper procedural safeguards being taken to determine the voluntariness of that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by22 opinions
- William Napoleon Boyer v. City of OrlandoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Ben Herbert Phelper v. Bill Decker, Sheriff of Dallas County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Edward Garrett Hoskins v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- John Robert Welch v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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