Legal Opinion
Bailey Lee Sloan v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Adult Corrections Institution, State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1972No. 72-2353PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
We review on appeal the district court’s denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus without an evidentiary hearing. 1 Because the petitioner alleged facts that, if true, will entitle him to relief, and has never been afforded an evidentiary hearing on the contentions raised, we reverse and remand for such a hearing.
Petitioner-appellant, Bailey Lee Sloan, attacks his 15 year sentence imposed in March 1960 by a Florida state court upon a plea of guilty to robbery. He was arraigned on February 23, 1960 when he entered a plea of not guilty, and waived jury trial without counsel. One week…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Wilbert Herring v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Ronald K. Spivey v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Reginald Max Goldsmith, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Glenn Lavone SpiveyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Tommie (Tom) Dixon v. E. B. Caldwell, Jr. Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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