Legal Opinion
Walker v. Garrington
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided September 11, 1981No. Civ. A. 80-3710PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JOHN T. NIXON, District Judge.
The petitioner, Kelvin Walker, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging that his Sixth Amendment rights were infringed when he was jointly tried and convicted in state court along with a co-defendant who was represented at trial by the same attorney. Petitioner contends that he and a co-defendant had conflicts of interest which prevented his trial attorney from providing effective assistance of counsel. Petitioner also claims that he was denied his right to be sentenced by a correctly instructed jury. The Court has held an…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by4 opinions
- James A. Brien v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- State v. StreetCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- United States Ex Rel. Sullivan v. CuylerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- Armstrong v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985