Legal Opinion
Leon B. Rushing v. Frederick T. Wilkinson, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 25, 1959No. 17727_1PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
Leon B. Rushing, formerly a private in the United States Army but now an inmate of the United States penitentiary in Atlanta, filed a petition for habeas corpus challenging the validity of his conviction by a court-martial in Korea in 1951. Rushing contends that: (1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel in the preparation and trial of his case, in violation of the Sixth Amendment and, interrelated with this denial of adequate counsel, he was not afforded an opportunity to prepare his defense properly, contrary to due process; (2) the instructions of the law…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by28 opinions
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