Legal Opinion
Adam Amos Mack and Shelton Williams v. Victor G. Walker, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 26, 1966No. 21993_1PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners, Mack and Williams, were indicted in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for murder, convicted, and sentenced to death. The Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. State v. Mack, 1962, 243 La. 369, 144 So.2d 363, cert. denied 1963, 373 U.S. 917, 83 S.Ct. 1306, 10 L.Ed.2d 416. The petitioners then filed this habeas corpus proceeding. The district court denied relief. United States ex rel. Mack v. Walker, 1964, 231 F.Supp. 819. On appeal, the petitioners contend that they were denied due process and equal protection of the law: (1) by the systematic inclusion of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Draper v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Eskridge v. Washington State Board of Prison Terms & ParolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Willie B. Brooks v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Peter James Schwander v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and William J. Custe, Jr., Attorney General of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
- State v. DouglasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
- State v. FrancisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- Adam A. MacK Jr., and Shelton J. Williams v. Ross Maggio, Acting Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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