Legal Opinion
Mario MacHin v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 25, 1985No. 84-5341PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge:
Mario Machin was convicted in state court of one count of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and one count of trafficking in cannabis. He was sentenced to consecutive five and thirty year terms of imprisonment along with a $25,000.00 fine. After exhausting his state remedies, he filed the present petition for habeas corpus alleging that a state law discovery violation rendered his trial fundamentally unfair and that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions. The district court agreed with Machin on both contentions and granted the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Robert Allen, Cross-Appellant v. T.L. Morris, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- E.K. Wilcox, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. J. Paul Ford, Warden, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Michael Lindsey v. Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, J.D. White, Warden Holman UnitCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Plotts v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Walter Johnson v. Richard L. Dugger, Director Division of Corrections, Jim Smith, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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