Legal Opinion
Johnny Lee Cronnon v. State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1979No. 77-3393PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a case in which a man convicted of the particularly revolting murder of a fifteen year old female was nailed by the tattoo of a nude woman on his left forearm.
Relying on the contents of the state court records, the District Court denied Johnny Lee Cronnon’s petition for habeas corpus.
Cronnon was convicted of first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Etowah County, Alabama.1 We have already rejected a claim that the evidence was insufficient to convict, Cronnon v. Alabama, 5 Cir. 1977, 557 F.2d 472.2 We remanded, for *248consideration on the merits, claims which…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by81 opinions
- William Anthony Brooks v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Stephen Roderick McRaeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Howard Mattheson v. John T. King, Secretary of the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Billy Guice and Howard Claxton, Sr. v. Ray Fortenberry, Superintendent, East Carroll Parish Prison Farm,respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Billy Sunday Birt v. Charles N. Montgomery, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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