Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Cavell
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 27, 1957No. 2121 MiscPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McILVAINE, District Judge.
Petitioner, Harold S. Thompson, through counsel has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. In the petition it is alleged that while serving a term in the Western State Penitentiary after conviction of rape and robbery at No. 164, March Term, 1949, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny County, which sentence was for a term of 7% to 15 years, commencing March 7, 1949, the petitioner was convicted at No. 554, May Term, 1953, in the Quarter Sessions Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on the charge of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sweeney v. WoodallSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Coffin v. ReichardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- Johnson v. DyeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Carmelo v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- United States ex rel. Kozicky v. FayCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Threatt v. State of North CarolinaDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1963
- Farrant v. BennettDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1966
- United States ex rel. Swingle v. RundleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1962
- In re BrabsonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
- United States ex rel. Miller v. MazurkiewiczDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1969
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