Perillo v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
Pam Perillo was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by a Texas court. She filed a federal petition for writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, asserting that her conviction was wrongful because her attorney was simultaneously representing a key prosecution witness. 1 The federal district court refused to allow any discovery or an evidentiary hearing and granted summary judgment denying the writ. Perillo now appeals the dismissal of her habeas corpus petition. Finding that the district court erred in refusing to allow discovery and to hold an evidentiary…
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2Cases cited30 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Leslie Wayne Yohey v. James A. Collins, Director Department of Criminal Justice Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- James D. Koch v. Steve W. Puckett, Superintendent of Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by132 opinions
- United States v. PlacenteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- West v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Clark v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Mack Oran Hill v. Gary L Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Goodwin v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
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