Legal Opinion
Thomas Goins v. J. Wayne Allgood, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1968No. 24859PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
On April 1, 1955, Anthony Meyers was brutally shot in the back while walking on a New Orleans sidewalk. Later the wound caused his death. On the evening of April 2,1955 at 8:50 P.M., Goins, then approximately eighteen years of age, was arrested. Since then, for nearly thirteen years he has remained in custody. The longer part of that time has been spent in death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana.
Goins’ conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Supreme Court of Louisiana on February 25, 1957. 1 His first federal habeas petition was filed on…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Limmie West, III v. State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Jack Messelt v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Emmett v. RickettsDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1975
- Leon Hamilton v. John C. Watkins, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Dan Witcher v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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