Legal Opinion
Perry Goodwin v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1971No. 30577_1PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
On December 18, 1959, Perry Goodwin pled guilty in the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia, to six counts of forgery and ten counts of “fictitious writing.” He was sentenced to an aggregate of fifteen years’ imprisonment. After having served part of his sentence in the Georgia State Penitentiary, Goodwin escaped. He was apprehended in another state and served a five-year sentence there for another offense, whereupon he was returned to the Georgia State Penitentiary. In May of 1969, over nine years after his Georgia conviction, Goodwin filed a habeas corpus…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Childress v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Wilmer Lane Easter v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Douglas v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- David A. Davis v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- William Chester Craig v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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