Richard E. Byrd v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION
Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges. JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
When Gideon sounds his trumpet courts listen. This time the horn calls for Richard E. Byrd, convicted in 1962 of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment at age sixteen.
On the basis of the briefs and record, we have concluded that the case is appropriate for summary disposition without oral argument. Pursuant to new Rule 18 of the Rules of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Clerk of this Court has been directed to put the case on the…
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2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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- Preston Glenn v. William Dallman, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
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