Legal Opinion

Brown v. Wainwright

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided October 12, 1978No. 75-252-Civ-J-SPublishedCited by 5 opinions

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

  1. Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Wardius v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Palermo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Taliaferro v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
  2. Vescuso v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
  3. Baranko v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  4. Taliaferro v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
  5. Taliaferro v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983

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