Legal Opinion
Presta v. Owsley
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 12, 1961No. 23430PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, Presiding Judge.
In this original habeas corpus proceeding petitioner, Chester Presta, prays discharge from imprisonment in the county jail ordered by the Honorable Richard C. Jensen, Judge of the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, after adjudging the petitioner to be in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions propounded by a Jackson County Grand Jury before which he had been summoned. He asserts that the restraint of his liberty is unlawful and in violation of his right under Article 1, Section 19, of the Missouri Constitution 1945,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- State v. YoungSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- United States v. WeismanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Marcello v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Maffie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
- State Ex Rel. Lee v. CavanaughMissouri Court of Appeals · 1967
- State Ex Rel. Howard v. AllisonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1968
- Cantor v. SaitzMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
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