Legal Opinion
Emmitt Monroe Spencer v. L. L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 22, 1968No. 24910_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
Appellant Spencer seeks review of an order of the Federal District Court denying his petition for habeas corpus. In 1960 Spencer was convicted in a Florida State Court of first degree murder and sentenced to die in the electric chair. The Supreme Court of Florida affirmed his conviction. Spencer v. State, Fla., 1961, 133 So.2d 729. Appellant raises a massive assault founded on his claim that he was denied counsel during prolonged interrogation which resulted in a confession, the confession was not voluntary, and that his court-appointed counsel in the State Court…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- The State of Texas and Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections v. Melvin Alexander PaytonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Venson Eugene Williams v. A. L. Dutton, Warden of the State Prison at Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- William Napoleon Boyer v. City of OrlandoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Ben Herbert Phelper v. Bill Decker, Sheriff of Dallas County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Rubin F. Needel v. Palmer C. Scafati, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
- Robert Earl Williams v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- George Thomas Stanley v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- James Henry Davis v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Harris Percy Wynn v. Samuel L. Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Ga.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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