Legal Opinion
Alan K. McFadden v. Donald Cabana, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1988No. 87-4512PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A Mississippi state prisoner petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking to overturn his conviction for armed robbery. He raises three claims for relief: (1) he was denied due process when the trial court refused his motion for continuance and placed him on trial 10 days after his indictment; (2) his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to support the motion for continuance with specific proof or to renew it after it had been denied, failing to ascertain the statements of possible alibi witnesses, and announcing he was ready for trial when…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- United States v. Augustin Carrillo-Morales, Carlos Prado-Yepez, Pedro Gallegos, Jr., and Rudy Louis AustinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- McFadden v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- Daniel Workman v. Arthur Tate, (Workman I)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- Llewyn J. Cowart v. Edward Hargett, Superintendent, Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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