Legal Opinion
Achtien v. Dowd
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 19, 1941No. 7412PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner’s appeal is from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Petitioner is incarcerated in the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City, Indiana, pursuant to a state court judgment based upon conviction on indictments charging him with being an accessory before and after the fact to murder and to burglary. Another count, charging him with conspiracy, was also included.
After conviction on the above-designated charges, on January 4, 1936, he was committed to the state…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Roosevelt Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
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- Dorsey v. GillCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Paul Peter Solina, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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