Legal Opinion
John Edwin Myers v. May Frye, Warden of Illinois State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 12, 1968No. 16289PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal of a habeas corpus petition filed by John Edwin Myers, who was sentenced to death for murder in April, 1964, after a jury trial in an Illinois court. We retain jurisdiction, and remand for a limited hearing.
Myers and a thirteen year old girl companion were arrested in Texas on September 2, 1961, at about 2:00 a. m. and were charged with kidnapping. During the evening of September 3 he admitted to Texas authorities that he had committed one homicide in Texas and two in Illinois. The next afternoon he admitted the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Edward Garrett Hoskins v. L. L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Thomas Carlton Wansley v. A. E. Slayton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
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