Legal Opinion
Torance C. Jackson v. State of Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1971No. 71-1957PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
Torance Jackson appeals from the denial of habeas corpus relief by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana for failure to ex-, haust available state remedies. We affirm that court’s denial of a certificate of probable cause to appeal, but for reasons quite different from those relied upon by the district court.
Jackson is a prisoner' of the State of California. His original pleadings filed in March 1965 in the court below sought both habeas corpus relief and damages under the Civil Rights Act arising out of his 1947 conviction in a Louisiana state court for…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Ahrens v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Nelson v. GeorgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Word v. North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Ernest Whippler v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden, Georgia, State Prison, Reidsville, Tattnall County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by17 opinions
- William Chester Craig v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Edward Eugene Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Rayford Conner v. Officer Walter PickettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Early Lee Harris v. Gil Ingram, Warden, Federal Correctional Institute, Butner, North Carolina and J. Marshall Coleman, Attorney General of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Peterson v. State of MissouriDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1973
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