Legal Opinion
Jorge Acosta v. R. v. Turner, Superintendent, Glades Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1982No. 80-5095PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal without a hearing of a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Acosta, a Florida state prisoner. We reverse because of issues that spring from the handling of the question of Acosta’s competency to stand trial.
The record, on the basis of which the district court acted, is confusing and incomplete. In November 1973 police were called when Acosta was seen on a Miami street nude and with bleeding arms. Soon thereafter police found him in a hotel bed with slashed wrists, still alive, and found his girlfriend under the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Terry Allen Bouchillon v. James A. Collins, Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Eric Charles Martin, A/K/A Mickey Milton ArringtonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Gary Thomas Rowe v. Carl Griffin, Etc., Hon. Jesse O. BryanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- James Lee Spencer v. Walter D. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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