Legal Opinion
Bonaparte v. Smith
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided February 9, 1973No. Civ. A. 2724PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.
Joseph Bonaparte was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of Chatham County, Georgia, in January, 1967, of the crimes of rape and robbery. He appealed to the Supreme Court of Georgia contending that the circumstantial evidence was insufficient to support such convictions. The Supreme Court affirmed the rulings below. See Bonaparte v. State, 223 Ga. 623, 157 S.E.2d 271; 223 Ga. 648, 157 S.E.2d 272.
In 1969 Bonaparte filed a habeas corpus petition in Tattnall County Superior Court in which he contended that (1) he was illegally arrested without probable cause and…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Cleveland Hines v. J. E. Lavallee, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility, Dannemora, NewyorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Joseph Bonaparte v. E. B. Caldwell, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Ga.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973