Legal Opinion
Meagher v. Clark
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 4, 1991No. 90-5483PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge:
This case, which has been referred to as “most unusual” and “extraordinary” by the district judge and magistrate below, involves a habeas corpus petition by a federal prisoner, who seeks to have his federal sentence modified to show credit for time served in state custody. The case calls for us to examine the relationship between federal and state criminal prosecution, confinement, and sentencing.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In November 1975, William Meagher was convicted in federal court for unarmed robbery and was sentenced to 15 years impris*1279onment.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Murray v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- George Heath v. United States Parole Commission and Robert Henderson, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Gregory SackingerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- State v. ParkerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
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- Hughes Anderson Bagley, Jr., Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Russell Rogerson and Patsy Bozarth, Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Timothy Curtis BallardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
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