Legal Opinion
Albert Vanleeward v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Custodian of the Common Jail of Muscogee County, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 6, 1966No. 23320PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
This appeal from the denial by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Columbus Divi sion, of appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, seeks to vacate the judgment and sentence under which he is now awaiting the execution of the sentence of death by electrocution, following a verdict of guilty of rape, without a recommendation of mercy, by a jury of Muscogee County, Georgia. Appellant makes a four-pronged attack upon the validity of his trial and conviction: (1) The jury which convicted and sentenced him to death was organized in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Gallegos v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Rev. J. A. Salary v. John C. Wilson, Jr., Ada Pearl Smith v. Honorable Gardner F. Goodwyn, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Williams v. PeytonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
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