Legal Opinion
Houston Earl Mays v. Charles R. Balkcom, Warden, Georgia State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1980No. 79-1589PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARZA, Circuit Judge:
The petitioner, Houston Earl Mays, was charged in the Superior Court in Fulton, Georgia, with the offense of armed robbery. Mays pleaded not guilty to the charge. On *50the day before the trial was to commence, the court appointed counsel to represent Mays. On the day of trial, before the jury had been selected, the court listened to arguments by defense counsel concerning motions to dismiss, a motion for preliminary hearing and a motion to require the government to pay for the transportation of certain witnesses favorable to the defense who were in prison in Oklahoma.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- 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
- Nathan Mann v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Stanley Spiegel, Allen E. Perkins and Allan HollowayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Means v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2004
- Ivon Ray Stanley v. Walter D. Zant, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Joseph Thomas v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Glimmert Beckham v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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