Legal Opinion
Wainwright v. LaSalle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1969No. 26345PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
In this habeas corpus case the State appeals from the District Court’s decision granting the writ and directing that the prisoner LaSalle either be released or retried within a reasonable time. The basis for the District Court’s decision was the use at LaSalle’s State trial of incriminating statements taken from him during interrogations at which he was not affirmatively accorded a Sixth Amendment right to counsel. In addition, LaSalle has filed a cross-appeal from that part of the District Court’s judgment rejecting another of his asserted grounds for granting the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Clewis v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Ruben Williams v. John Twomey and Peter BensingerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
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- Vargas v. BrownDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1981
- Clinton W. Delespine v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Commonwealth v. CarrilloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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