Legal Opinion
Duffy, Warden v. Wells
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1953No. 13083_1PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment, 99 F.Supp. 320, granted on an order to show cause in a habeas corpus proceeding, as follows: “It Is Hereby Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that the death sentence imposed upon petitioner Wesley Robert Wells is invalid un4er the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and the order imposing the' death sentence by the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Sacramento, is hereby vacated and declared null and void.”
A. The Warden contends that the district court was without jurisdiction to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- People v. WellsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
- Minnesota Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate Court of Ramsey CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Neblett v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Collins v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- People v. McNabbCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
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3Cited by24 opinions
- People v. HarmonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
- Chavez v. DicksonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- Frank Hale Bennett v. People of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Jimmy Neuschafer v. Harol Whitley Attorney General for the State of Nevada, RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Thomas v. TeetsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
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