Legal Opinion
Eddie Hall, Jr. v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1983No. 82-3361PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
This case comes to us on appeal from the district court’s denial of a Louisiana prisoner’s habeas corpus petition. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
The petitioner, Eddie Hall, Jr., was charged with capital murder, which carried an automatic death penalty. He pleaded guilty to simple murder and received a sentence of life imprisonment. The guilty plea was entered on June 23, 1969, three weeks after the United States Supreme Court decided Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969).
After exhausting his state remedies, he…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. Richard J. FronteroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- David McChesney v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Roosevelt Walker v. E. B. Caldwell, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Ronald Lee Fisher v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Department of Health and Rehabilitative ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Silas T. McAdoo v. Frank Elo, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- United States v. WilkesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Sones v. HargettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Benny Dale Alexander v. O.L. McCotter Director, of Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Anthony Lee Cunningham v. Warren T. Diesslin, Warden, Buena Vista Correctional Facility, Colorado Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
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