Legal Opinion

Frank Townsend, Jr. v. Eddie Lucas, Warden, Mississippi State Penitentiary and Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Attorney General, State of Mississippi

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 19, 1984No. 84-4146PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Per curiam

This is an appeal from the denial of a habeas corpus petition. We do not reach the merits, but dismiss the appeal for failure to comply with Rule 58, Fed.R.Civ.P., and lack of a timely notice of appeal under Rule 4(a), Fed.R.App.P.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Frank Townsend, Jr., having been convicted of kidnapping and rape, is serving two concurrent thirty-year imprisonment terms at Parchman, Mississippi. The Mississippi Supreme Court has affirmed his convictions on direct appeal and summarily denied his petition for a writ of error coram nobis. Townsend has now applied for federal habeas…

2Cases cited6 opinions

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Bruce Hanson and Irene C. Hanson v. Town of Flower MoundCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
United States v. Arturo PerezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
Gerald Isaac Sassoon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
John J. Wren v. Margaret HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984

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