Legal Opinion

Carl Hall v. State of Alabama

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided March 21, 1983No. 80-7760PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYNNE, District Judge:

Appellant, Carl Hall, prosecutes this appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, dismissing without prejudice his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Concluding that, in doing so, the district judge did not abuse his discretion, we affirm.

Hall, a black man, was indicted by a grand jury for murder in the first degree. He filed a pro se motion to dismiss such indictment on the ground that the grand jury which returned the indictment was constitutionally infirm. His motion denied, he was convicted by a jury in the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. United States v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Klapprott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Richard Joseph Lynn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
  2. Solaroll Shade and Shutter Corp., Inc. v. Bio-Energy Systems, Inc., Broward Solar Center, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
  3. Wayne E. Ritter v. Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and J.D. White, Warden, Holman UnitCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. PassaroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Fred B. Stacey, Jr. v. Warden, Apalachee Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988

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