Legal Opinion
Billy R. Dillard v. Frank Blackburn, Warden Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 15, 1986No. 85-4166PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Billy Dillard appeals the district court’s dismissal of his pro se habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He asserts as grounds for reversal the same two issues he presented to the district court in his habeas application. First, he claims that the state denied him equal protection of the law by systematically using its peremptory challenges to exclude all blacks from the jury. Second, he claims that the state denied him due process of law by introducing evidence of another crime he had committed against the same victim. In addition, this court, in issuing a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Roberts v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Schlanger v. SeamansSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Robert O. McDonnell v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Rector v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Embery Jackson McBride v. Bob Sharpe, Warden, Dodge Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Roy Bruce Smith v. Ronald Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Jessel Turner v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Gliottone v. EthierSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
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