Legal Opinion
Willie Wesley Horace v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 1986No. 85-3343PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:
Horace appeals from the dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus by which he seeks a reversal of his conviction of robbery and a sentence to life imprisonment in the Circuit Court in Alachua County, Florida on January 7,1966. Horace was subsequently placed on life probation, and is therefore not now in custody.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
A. Historical Background
On August 5, 1950, Horace was duly adjudged to be incompetent (dementia prae-cox) and was committed to the Florida State Hospital by a county judge for Leon County, Florida, pursuant to § 394.20, Florida…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Allen Lee Davis v. Richard L. Dugger, Robert A. ButterworthCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Herbert Jack Jessup v. United States Parole Commission F. Scott, Warden, F.C.I., Safford, ArizonaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Blehm v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1991
- Kenney v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- People v. BlehmColorado Court of Appeals · 1990
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