Legal Opinion
Leonard Jerome Bastida v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, La. State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1974No. 73-2399PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
In this habeas corpus case the District Court granted Leonard Jerome Bastida habeas corpus relief, commanding the State of Louisiana either to retry him within 120 days or release him from custody. We reverse and remand with directions that the petition be dismissed.
Bastida had been convicted of armed robbery. The Supreme Court of Louisiana affirmed his conviction, State v. Bastida, 271 So.2d 854 (La., 1973).
Bastida attacked the validity of a search of his apartment. He claimed that although’the affidavit stated sufficient grounds to obtain a warrant for his arrest, it…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Sgro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Samuel Rosencranz v. United States of America, Anthony Dipietro v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Warren G. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- George Washington Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Frank Roosevelt HaskinsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by119 opinions
- United States v. BascaroCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. ForsytheCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Gregory James Freeman and David Lyle Boese, A/K/A Dennis Phillip Stevens and David SterlingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Eugene C. Kirk, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Jason R. BervaldiCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
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