Legal Opinion
William Gene Null v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director Division of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1975No. 74-1923PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
A Florida court sitting without a jury found appellant Null guilty of carnally knowing a female child under the age of ten and sentenced him to life imprisonment. See Fla.Stat.Ann. § 794.01 (1965). 1 Appellant petitioned the state courts for reversal of his conviction through direct appeal and later via habe-as corpus. When those efforts failed, he sought a federal writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied the petition on harmless error grounds and we affirm.
Appellant was babysitting with three neighborhood children, Carla, Billy and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Larry Thompson v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Burley Clifton Harryman v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. JiminezCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
- United States v. LemonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Evasio Hernandez, A/k/a, Eduardo GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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