Legal Opinion
Harris Percy Wynn v. Samuel L. Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Ga.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 12, 1971No. 30004PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Judge.
Appellant Harris Percy Wynn was convicted, in July 1960 in the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia, on his plea of guilty to robbery-by-force, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. 1 In November 1968 he filed a petition for habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Tattnall County, Georgia, primarily on the grounds that he had been denied his right to the assistance of counsel, either appointed or retained, in the criminal proceedings, and that his guilty plea was the product of physical coercion by law enforcement officers. The state habeas judge denied the petition on…
2Cases cited85 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Diane Rowell, F/k/a Diane Oesterle v. Michael E. Oesterle and Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- William R. Johnson v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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