Legal Opinion
Samuel Gibson, III v. George L. Jackson, Individually and as Superior Court Judge of Jones County, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1978No. 78-1113PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Samuel Gibson, an indigent black male sentenced to death by the State of Georgia for the murder and rape of a white female, filed a state habeas corpus action alleging that his federal constitutional rights had been violated in his earlier criminal trial. A Georgia lawyer filed the petition, in which he alleged that the state court is required to appoint counsel to represent Gibson, and that the state of Georgia is required to provide funds to pay for investí-*1047gative and witness expenses in his state habeas proceeding. The state court has never formally ruled on…
2Cases cited63 opinions
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- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Elizabeth B. Duncan v. David B. PoythressCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Madalyn Murray O'Hair and Society of Separationists, Inc. v. Mark WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Johnny Mack Westbrook v. Walter B. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Johnny Mack Westbrook v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Arthur Lee Norris v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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