Legal Opinion
Jimmy Lee Logan v. Walter L. Capps, Warden, Draper Prison
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1976No. 74--4222PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Jimmy Lee Logan seeks reversal of the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus, alleging that his imprisonment on an Alabama rape conviction violates the Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
The following factual summary is adapted from the magistrate’s report entered in the district court: On the night of May 19, 1971, Lucia Halbert Penland was dragged into the bushes near her home in Auburn, Alabama, and raped. Because of the darkness and her successful attempt to feign unconsciousness, she was unable to identify or…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Giordenello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. Michael Kelly RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Commonwealth v. FieldingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Lynnwell Smith v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Gaskin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
- Lynnwell Smith v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976