Legal Opinion
Gerrold Duane Davis v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1977No. 75-4335PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This case comes before this Court on a petition for habeas corpus filed by a prisoner in state custody. The claim was that he was denied a Florida speedy trial and that failure of his court-appointed counsel to raise this was a.denial of effective counsel. Because we hold that the issues raised by the prisoner do not rise to the level of constitutional violation we affirm the denial of habeas by the District Court.
The following statement of facts is adopted in large part from the order of the District Court.
Petitioner Gerrold D. Davis, a/k/a Max Knublett, was…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Eusebio M. Martinez, Father of Jacqueline M. Martinez, a Minor, Deceased v. Jose Rodriquez and Antonio Rodriquez, D/B/A Ingram Court ApartmentsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Richard J. FronteroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- David McChesney v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Meeks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
- Abraham Wallace v. R v. Turner, Superintendent, Glades Correction Institute, and the Attorney General of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Allen v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- James Rodney Rutledge v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Johnny L. Brown v. Marvin Jernigan, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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