Legal Opinion
McGeehan v. Wainwright
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1976No. 74-4179PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Per curiam
Thomas McGeehan, a prisoner in state custody, appeals from an order denying his petition for habeas corpus. The sole issue presented in his petition and on this appeal concerns the admissibility of certain evidence seized in a warrantless search and subsequently introduced at his trial for robbery. Based on the. record of the state court’s hearing on McGeehan’s motion to suppress, the court below denied the petition without conducting an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
At approximately one o’clock in the morning on February 6, 1973, a robbery occurred at the Palm Lounge in Tampa, Florida. The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Vale v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Joe Don LooneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Harold SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by35 opinions
- People v. FreeIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
- United States v. John Henry MorganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- United States of America, Cross-Appellant v. Gary Bowdach, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. CraveroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Brooks v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
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