Legal Opinion

Allan L. Robbins, Warden, Maine State Prison v. George F. Green

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 21, 1954No. 4879_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the warden of Maine State Prison from an order of the district court entered July 16, 1954, in a habeas corpus proceeding discharging appellee George F. Green from confinement in said prison pursuant to a superior court judgment of conviction on May 17, 1949, of the crime of uttering a forged instrument. The district judge signed a certificate of probable cause for appeal, as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2253.

Undismayed by a long succession of rebuffs, Green has during the period of his imprisonment been indefatigable in seeking his release on habeas…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Wade v. MayoSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Martin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1950
  5. Lindsey v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Clifford Daugharty v. Clarence T. Gladden, Warden, Oregon State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
  2. United States Ex Rel. Jesse Embree v. George A. Cummings, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
  3. Evans v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
  4. United States ex rel. Kozicky v. FayCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
  5. John D. Duncan v. State of MaineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1961

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