Legal Opinion
Biddle v. Shirley
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 1, 1926No. 7214PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, District Judge.
This is an appeal by W. I. Biddle, as warden of the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, from an order discharging Danny Shirley from custody upon his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Shirley was charged by indictment in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California, Southern Division, in five counts, with violations of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act (41 Stat. .324 [Comp. St. §■§ 10418b-10418f]). He pleaded guilty to the first and third counts of the indictment, and the government dismissed the second, fourth, and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Taintor v. TaylorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1869
- Scott v. SpiegelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Biddle v. ThieleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
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