Brown v. Wainwright
District Court, M.D. Florida
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES R. SCOTT, Senior District Judge.
This case is before the Court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging a state court conviction. In 1973, while incarcerated in the state prison, petitioner was charged and convicted of the offense of the possession of a weapon by a state prisoner. Petitioner argues that certain rulings of the trial court made during his trial were so fundamentally unfair that he was denied his right to a fair trial as guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 2254…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wardius v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Palermo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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