Legal Opinion
Donahue v. Cain
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 13, 2000No. 99-30072PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Larry Donahue appeals the grant of a writ of habeas corpus issued under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Concluding that relief was predicated on an issue not properly before the district court but finding that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction, we modify and, as so modified, affirm the grant of habeas relief.
BACKGROUND
On the morning of May 27, 1988, West Feliciana Parish Sheriff William Daniel, in plain clothes and in his unmarked truck, responded to a call concerning a suspicious man who was using a pay telephone in the West Feliciana Parish High School…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Miller v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Thompson v. CainCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Robertson v. CainCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- Perez v. CainCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- Sera v. NorrisDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 2004
- State v. HargroveLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2004
- Quatrevingt v. CainCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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