Legal Opinion
Monteiro v. Howard
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided November 17, 1971No. Civ. A. 4681PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAY, District Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petitioner is now serving a sentence of five (5) years in the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions at Howard, Rhode Island, and is in the custody of the respondent as the warden thereof. Said sentence was imposed upon him by the Superior Court of the State of Rhode Island on June 10, 1968, following his conviction by a jury of the offense of unlawful possession of heroin, a felony under the laws of Rhode Island. Said sentence was stayed pending appeal.…
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- United States v. CoplonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Robert George Moll v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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