Legal Opinion
Johnny Harris v. Joseph Oliver, Warden of the Holman Unit Prison
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1981No. 80-7240PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
On pleas of guilty petitioner was convicted in the state courts of Alabama in 1971 of four counts of robbery and one of rape. He received five consecutive life sentences. At the time of his conviction each of the charges carried a maximum penalty of death. Petitioner was represented by two court-appointed attorneys who cooperated in the handling of all five cases. The sentences were agreed to by plea agreement reached when the first of the cases was called for trial on April 6, 1971 and the court was in the process of qualifying the jury.
In 1975 while petitioner was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Terry Lee Goodwin v. Charles Balkcom, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Conrado Vela v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Billy Guice and Howard Claxton, Sr. v. Ray Fortenberry, Superintendent, East Carroll Parish Prison Farm,respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Timothy George Baldwin v. Frank C. Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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