Legal Opinion
Athel Robert Gemmel v. Raymond J. Buchkoe, Warden, State House of Correction and Branch Prison
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1966No. 16284PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.
In 1943, Athel Robert Gemmel, petitioner-appellee herein, was convicted in the Recorder’s Court of Detroit, Michigan, of first degree murder. No direct appeal was taken from the judgment of conviction and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Two delayed motions for new trial were denied by the Recorder’s Court in 1959 and 1962, respectively. Relief on appeal was denied by the Supreme Court of Michigan and the Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari in 1963. Gemmel v. Michigan, 375 U.S. 853, 84 S.Ct. 112, 11 L.Ed.2d 80.
The petitioner, having exhausted…
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