Legal Opinion
Vernell Carson v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1993No. 91-5562PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Vernell Carson appeals the denial of his petition, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, for habeas corpus relief. Finding no error, we affirm.
Background
In February 1985, Roberta Smith and Janet Chase took ten-year-old Carlette Deary to the hospital because of complaints of genital pain. Examination by physicians revealed evidence of sexual abuse, including a positive test for gonorrhea. Carlette said that Carson, her mother’s live-in boyfriend, had repeatedly subjected her to sexual assaults. Several weeks later Carlette restated her allegations of abuse during a videotaped interview…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
- Richard Bugh v. Betty Mitchell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Clark v. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Fultz v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1997
- Marcus Coleman v. Darrel Vannoy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020
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