Legal Opinion

Joseph E. Edge, Sr. v. Louis L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 8, 1965No. 22202PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Chief Judge:

This appeal is taken by Joseph E. Edge, Sr., pro se, from the district court’s denial, without a hearing, of his petition for habeas corpus. Indicted on a charge of first degree murder, Edge was found guilty‘of manslaughter and sentenced, on February 26, 1953, to fifteen years 1 in the Florida State Prison, where he is presently incarcerated. No notice of appeal from his conviction was filed until March 1956, and that appeal, being untimely, was dismissed. Edge v. State, Fla.1956, 88 So. 2d 628. On December 12, 1963, he filed a motion under Florida Criminal Procedure Rule…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Aubrey Pate v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  3. Amos Black v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
  4. Charles Blair v. The People of the State of California, Robert A. Heinze, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
  5. Aubrey Pate v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida v. Clarence SimpsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  2. Arthur Lee Norris v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  3. El Pueblo de Puerto Rico v. Ortiz CouvertierSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1993
  4. Edgar C. Worts v. A. L. Dutton, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  5. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections v. Richard Allen MartinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968

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