Legal Opinion

Nelson v. Vannoy

District Court, M.D. Louisiana

Decided March 12, 2021No. 3:18-cv-00339Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA PRESTON NELSON (#428579) CIVIL ACTION NO. VERSUS 18-339-JWD-EWD DARREL VANNOY, WARDEN ORDER AND REASONS Before this Court is the Petition Under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody, filed by Preston Nelson (“Petitioner”).1 For the reasons that follow, an evidentiary hearing is ordered as to Claim 6.2 I. Procedural History On October 19, 2011 Petitioner was indicted in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana on three counts of second degree murder,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Kenneth Wayne Morris v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  5. Montoya v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000

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