Legal Opinion
James E. McDonald v. The Sheriff of Palm Beach County, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1970No. 28613_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
The District Court denied James E. McDonald’s petition for habeas corpus (filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254) without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm. 1
Petitioner was sentenced on July 18, 1969 to serve one year in prison after having been found guilty by a jury in a Florida State Court of conspiracy to obstruct justice. He complains of error by the State Trial Court in failing to give a cautionary instruction to the jury concerning the weight to be given to testimony of an accomplice. His conviction was affirmed on appeal to the Florida Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District. In that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Patricia Lebouef Murphy, as Administratrix of the Estate of Edward Fontenot, Deceased, Etc. v. Houma Well Service, and Eva C. Fontenot, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- James Leo Huth v. Southern Pacific CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- J. W. Williamson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Tillery v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Arturo Gomez v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
3Cited by19 opinions
- United States v. Irie E. Leonard, United States of America v. James L. SarvisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Francis J. Higgins v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Jack Henry Smith v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Epifanio G. Alvarez v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States of America Ex Rel. Gilbert Waters and Henry Waters v. Peter Bensinger, Director of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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