AMARO

v.

CALIFORNIA

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Schultz, 431 F.2d 907 (8th Cir. 1970)
  …izarre behavior); Mason v. United States, 402 F. 2d 732 (8th Cir. 1968), cert. denied, 394 U.S. 950, 89 S.Ct. 1288, 22 L.Ed.2d 484 (1969) (bank robbery — sociopathic personality); Iyotte v. United States, 402 F. 2d 698 (8th Cir. 1968), cert. denied, 394 U.S. 936, 89 S.Ct. 1214, 22 L.Ed.2d 468 (1969) (homicide — drinking, possible head injury). While a trial court need not authorize an expenditure under subdivision (e) for a mere “fishing expedition”,5 it should not withhold its authority when underlying fa…
• Epifanio G. Alvarez v. Estelle, 531 F.2d 1319 (5th Cir. 1976)
  …its federal habeas corpus jurisdiction may consider an alleged error in a state trial court’s unobjected to charge, the error must be so gross as to result in a constitutional violation, Gomez v. Beto, 402 F. 2d 766, 767 (5 Cir. 1968), cert. denied, 394 U.S. 936, 89 S.Ct. 1217, 22 L.Ed.2d 469 (1969), or so prejudicial as to render the trial fundamentally unfair. Pleas v. Wainwright, 441 F. 2d 56, 57 (5 Cir. 1971); Higgins v. Wainwright, 424 F. 2d 177, 178 (5 Cir. 1970); Flagler v. Wainwright, 423 F. 2d 1359…
• McDONALD v. The Sheriff OF Palm Beach Cnty., 422 F.2d 839 (5th Cir. 1970)
  …rtaining to instructions to a jury does not constitute a basis for habeas corpus relief, unless the error is so gross as to result in violation of petitioner’s constitutional rights. See Gomez v. Beto, 5 Cir., 1968, 402 F. 2d 766, 767, cert. denied, 394 U.S. 936, 89 S.Ct. 1217, 22 L.Ed.2d 469 (1969). We find no such violation here. Affirmed. . Pursuant to Rule 18 of the Rules of this Court, we have concluded on the merits that this case is of such character as not to justify oral argument and have directe…