Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Maxey v. Morris
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided November 28, 1977No. 774026PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ROBERT D. MORGAN, District Judge,
Sitting by Designation.
Petitioners are incarcerated in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Menard. They seek a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Two separate grounds are asserted which they contend entitle them to a writ. The first is that petitioners were not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The second is that petitioners were denied due process of law because their convictions were based upon evidence obtained in a search based on an invalid search warrant. Neither of the asserted grounds affords a basis for relief…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. ChavezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- The PEOPLE v. StansberryIllinois Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Harold D. Maxey and Robert P. Maxey v. Ernest Morris, Warden, Etc., and Charles Rowe, Director, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Pathfinder Communications Corp. v. Midwest Communications Co.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1984
- Fletcher v. LaneDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 1978