Legal Opinion
Woodman J. Collins v. Victor G. Walker, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1964No. 20537PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge:
The opinions on original hearing are withdrawn, and the following opinion substituted:
Collins, a Negro, was convicted and sentenced to death under an indictment charging him with aggravated rape upon a white woman. The conviction and death sentence were affirmed by the Supreme Court of Louisiana. State v. Collins, 1962, 242 La. 704, 138 So.2d 546, 547. Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States was denied, 371 U.S. 843, 83 S.Ct. 74, 9 L.Ed.2d 79.
His petition for habeas corpus to the United States District Court claimed that his conviction was violative of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Avery v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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- United States v. ButeraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
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