Legal Opinion
William Van Poyck v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 24, 1979No. 78-3392PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
Van Poyck, a Florida prisoner, appeals pro se from denial of his petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He urges various claims, one of which we find possesses sufficient substance to require a remand. We state the pertinent facts and consider the issues serially.
In 1971, Van Poyck was charged in five informations with having committed twelve felonies during a one-month period. After a jury trial in state court, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for robbery. He does not attack that conviction. During the sentencing phase of that case, there was some suggestion that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gennero Galtieri v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, John Matera v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- David McChesney v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Glenn S. Passman v. Frank Blackburn, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Abraham Wallace v. R v. Turner, Superintendent, Glades Correction Institute, and the Attorney General of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- James W. Willett v. State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Arthur Frederick Goode, III v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Pete Vardas v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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