Legal Opinion
Nathaniel Pressley v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 15, 1976No. 75-3861PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
Once more Nathaniel Pressley’s case comes before this Court for review of the District Court’s disposition of this prisoner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 1 This time we affirm the District Court’s conditional grant of a writ order. 2
In succinct fashion, Prisoner was convicted in Florida of first degree murder. Because of his impecunious nature, Prisoner had court-appointed counsel for his direct appeal to the District Court of Appeals, Third District, which by a split panel affirmed the conviction. 3 Under Florida Appellate Rule 4.5[c][6], 32 F.S.A., to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Ross v. MoffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Otis Ray Fitzgerald v. W. J. Estelle, Director Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Joe Edward Smith v. Jack Heard, Acting Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Pressley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Wainwright v. TornaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- State v. MeyerSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
- Davis v. Secretary for the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- Richard C. Nolan Ii, A/K/A Rick Nolan, and Richard C. Nolan, A/K/A Dick Nolan v. Percy ForemanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Daniel International Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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