Legal Opinion
Leroy Laroche v. Louie L. Wainwright
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1979No. 78-2491PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*724GEE, Circuit Judge:
LeRoy LaRoche appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. He raises three points of error regarding his 1972 Florida trial for rape of a college student. The first two deal with the court’s procedures in admitting an in-custody statement in which LaRoche had denied being on the beach where the rape occurred, a denial at odds with his trial testimony. The final asserted error regards his wife’s testimony about her intercourse with petitioner on the day of the rape, evidence again at odds with his trial testimony and also tending to explain the lack of medical…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Oregon v. HassSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Arthur Houston v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by21 opinions
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Ernest Benjamin Smith v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Dept. Of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Oscar Brown Boykins, Jr. v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Bernard and Odette Port v. Jack Heard, Sheriff of Harris County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. BaheCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
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