Legal Opinion
Gerald Manning v. Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, A/K/A Frank C. Blackburn
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1986No. 85-4508PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Gerald Manning was convicted of attempted aggravated rape and second degree murder of Vonda Harris. 1 See State v. Manning, 380 So.2d 46 (La.1980). The federal district court dismissed his petition for habeas corpus. We affirm.
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Manning was sentenced for 20 years for the attempted aggravated rape and life for the second degree murder. Acting pro se, he filed this present petition alleging improper joinder of a capital and non-capital charge, ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object to the joinder, and that the Louisiana Supreme Court issued a blanket…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- State v. PrieurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Ronald Clyde Nelson v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Glenn Lamar Spradley v. Richard L. Dugger, Robert A. Butterworth, the Attorney General of the State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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