Legal Opinion

Clarence Williams v. Louis L. Wainwright, as Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 6, 1981No. 80-5838PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial of a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Petitioner-appellant, following a plea of guilty to the commission of two burglaries, was sentenced to concurrent terms of four and one-half years. The sentencing court provided that after one and one-half years had been served, the remainder was to be stayed and withheld to be completed by probation. Appellant’s probation was subsequently revoked and he was sentenced to fifteen years incarceration. He asserts that the increased sentence violates his guarantee against being placed in double jeopardy. Finding that…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. United States v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Villery v. Florida Parole & Probation Com'nSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. Roberts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 1976

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Poore v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  2. State v. GriffithTennessee Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Franklin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  4. State v. McMullenOhio Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Bernie Thomas Montoya v. State of New Mexico and John Shanks, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995

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