Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Johnston
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1947No. 11358PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEALY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, an inmate of Alcatraz prison, petitioned for discharge on habeas corpus and his petition was dismissed on motion of the warden. The question is whether the writ should have been issued and an inquiry into the facts pursued.
The petition discloses that in June 1941 appellant was tried and convicted in the United States Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee on a charge of kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 408a, and was sentenced to serve twenty-five years. According to the petition, the question presented is “whether the petitioner was deprived of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cochran v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Boykin v. HuffCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Lovvorn v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
- Miller v. SanfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Miller v. SanfordDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1945
3Cited by4 opinions
- Wallace v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
- People v. BreslinNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
- Richard Lee Gilpin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- Forrest Silva Tucker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962