Legal Opinion
Carlos Lavernia v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 5, 1988No. 87-1918PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A state prisoner convicted of aggravated rape seeks habeas corpus relief. We find that the district court did not err in rejecting the six claims the prisoner made.
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Carlos Lavernia, a Cuban immigrant, was charged in September, 1984, with the rape of April Wooley in Austin, Texas, where Lavernia then resided, on June 2, 1983. Ms. Wooley had been jogging on a trail paralleling Barton Creek in Austin. She passed a Hispanic man who, she testified, gave her an unfriendly stare, and she decided to turn home. However, she met the same man on the way back, and he forced…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by114 opinions
- Goodwin v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Taylor v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- David Wayne Spence v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Edward Anthony Ellis v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Edwards v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
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