Legal Opinion
Billy Ray Self v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1985No. 84-3273PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALYIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A Louisiana state prisoner, who was sentenced to life imprisonment and has been imprisoned for twelve years on his plea of guilty to a charge of murder, seeks habeas corpus on the grounds that the state court before which he pleaded lacked jurisdiction and that his continued ineligibility for parole after ten and one-half years of imprisonment violates the terms of a plea bargain. He seeks the appointment of counsel to present his appeal. Based on the eviden-tiary hearing before a magistrate, the judgment of the district court, and the entire record, we find that…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- William Johnson, Jr. v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- In the Matter of Helen Dorothy Johnson, Debtor. Helen Dorothy Johnson v. Jody FenslageCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Clover Hayes v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by66 opinions
- Edward Charles Varnado v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Sones v. HargettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. KeyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Robert LopezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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