Legal Opinion
James F. Dempsey v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1973No. 71-3232PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
This is another habeas case in which the petitioner contends that the district court denied him relief without a hearing. We affirm, principally on Townsend v. Sain, 1963, 372 U.S. 293, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d 770.
In 1969, James F. Dempsey, the petitioner, was convicted of second degree murder in a Florida state court and sentenced to a term of thirty-five years. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal, Dempsey v. State, 1970 Fla.App.3rd, 238 So.2d 446. Later, the Florida Supreme Court denied his petitions for certiorari and habeas corpus. On May 12, 1971, Dempsey filed a petition for a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Louis A. Heyd, Jr., Sheriff, Parish of Orleans, Louisiana v. Robert L. Brown and William J. HadrickCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1945
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Goodwin v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Peter Paul Ventura, Jr. v. Larry Meachum, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Robert Anthony Williams, A/K/A Anthony Erthel Williams v. Lou v. Brewer, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Nat Villiam Wright v. State of North Carolina and David Henry, Warden, State's PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Ritter v. SmithDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1983
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