Legal Opinion
Clarence Ballard v. Frank Blackburn, Jr., Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 2, 1978No. 77-3339PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
This is the second appeal from a denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed by Clarence Ballard, an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana.
Petitioner had been indicted for murder in the state courts in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was represented by retained counsel and entered a plea of guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter. Prior to being sentenced, he retained new counsel and filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The motion was denied by the state district court and petitioner was sentenced to 21 years.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Wilbert Herring v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Otis Ray Fitzgerald v. W. J. Estelle, Director Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Ronald Wayne Bradbury v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Len C. Scott v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary Department of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Hubbard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
- Lexington S. Lamb v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982