Legal Opinion
Jerry Lynn Young v. Robert Herring, Lee County Sheriff, and Donald A. Cabana, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 26, 1985No. 84-4365PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge.
The appellee, Jerry Lynn Young, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, challenging the constitutionality of his armed robbery conviction in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Mississippi. The district court granted the writ of habeas corpus, finding that Young was denied due process of law by the admission of identification testimony based upon an impermissibly suggestive pre-trial photo array. The court vacated Young’s conviction and ordered him discharged from custody unless the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Jerry Lynn Young v. Robert Herring, Lee County SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- William Phifer v. Warden, United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Mitchell Thomas Blazak, Petitioner-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. James R. Ricketts, Donald Wawrzaszek, Respondents-Appellants-Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Foxworth v. MaloneyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
- Jerry Lynn Young v. Robert Herring, Lee County SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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