Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Nelson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 20, 1968No. 652 MPublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Anderson was convicted after jury trial in California courts of forgery and the State District Court of Appeal affirmed, finding all errors nonprejudicial under the State’s harmless error rule. After the California Supreme Court returned to petitioner unfiled his petition for hearing in that court, with the notation that it was not timely, petitioner sought habeas corpus relief in Federal District Court. The District Court issued the writ, holding that the prosecutor’s comment on the failure of petitioner to testify at his trial, made in violation of Griffin v. California, 380 U.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Lawrence E. Wilson, Warden, San Quentin Prison v. William A. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
3Cited by148 opinions
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- United States v. Enrique EspinosaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Donald Beardslee v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, of the California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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