Legal Opinion

Ernest Daniels v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Angola Penitentiary, and the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 12, 1982No. 81-3024PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN V. PARKER, District Judge:

Appellant, Ernest Daniels, was convicted in Louisiana state court in New Orleans of armed robbery in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:64 and, after a hearing in accordance with state law, was sentenced as a multiple offender to an enhanced sentence of 99 years without benefit of probation or parole. He appeals from the denial by the district court of his petition for habeas corpus. For reasons detailed below, we conclude that the district court was correct and that Daniels is not entitled to relief.

Daniels has exhausted state remedies: His conviction and sentence were…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  4. John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  5. Wilbert Herring v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. State v. TokmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Willie Albert Smith v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
  3. Conrado Vela v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  4. Roy Garland v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  5. Wiley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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