Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Benjamin Wright v. Julius T. Cuyler, Superintendent, Graterford State Prison, the Commonwealth
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 6, 1977No. 76-2553PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Benjamin Wright was convicted by a Pennsylvania court of aggravated robbery and murder in the shooting death of a pedestrian in Philadelphia on July 11, 1972. After the state supreme court affirmed the convictions, Commonwealth v. Wright, 460 Pa. 247, 332 A.2d 809 (1975), Wright filed a petition for habeas corpus in the United States District Court. Finding that Wright’s confession was the product of an illegal “dragnet” arrest, the district court granted the writ. After a review of the complete record, we find ourselves in disagreement with…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LovetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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- United States v. Donald E. Belle. Appeal of Donald BelleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- People v. GabbardIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
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