Legal Opinion
Pyle v. Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 7, 1942No. 50PublishedCited by 550 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Murphy
Petitioner seeks to review an order of the Supreme Court of Kansas denying his application for writ of habeas corpus. In 1935 petitioner was convicted by a jury in a Kansas state court upon an information charging him with the crimes of murder and robbery. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment under his conviction for murder, and to a term of from 10 to 21 years for robbery. On appeal the judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Kansas. State v. Pyle, 143 Kan. 772, 57 P. 2d 93.
On November 20, 1941, petitioner, a layman acting in his own behalf,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Waley v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Cochran v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- State v. PyleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1936
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3Cited by550 opinions
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