Legal Opinion

David D. Clyatt v. Dr. Allen Ault, Director, Georgia Diagnostic Center

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 25, 1974No. 73-2953PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Petitioner was convicted and sentenced in state court on four counts of violating the Georgia Drug Abuse Control Act. He filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking relief on four grounds: 1) that his state court conviction was obtained by the use of evidence illegally seized under an invalid search warrant; 2) that the state trial court, in determining the validity of the search warrant, considered more information than appeared on the face of the affidavit; 3) that the state court admitted evidence of a crime entirely…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jesse Coy Kimbrough v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. W. F. Chaney v. City of Galveston, Earl J. Smith & Co., Inc. v. City of GalvestonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Howard Loter v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977

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