Legal Opinion
Curtis v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 20, 1964No. 51380PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLarson, J.
Appellant, a prisoner in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison, petitioned the district court of Lee County for a writ of habeas corpus directed to the warden of the penitentiary. The court denied the writ and applicant has appealed.
On August 3, 1960, appellant was convicted of the crime of breaking and entering in the district court of Clinton County and was sentenced to an indeterminate term not to exceed ten years in the penitentiary. He raised no question as to the legality of that conviction and sentence.
Appellant was paroled from that institution July 20, 1962, and was placed in the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Anderson v. AlexanderOregon Supreme Court · 1951
- In Re DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
- Ver Steegh v. FlaughSupreme Court of Iowa · 1960
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3Cited by19 opinions
- John J. Morrissey v. Lou v. Brewer, Warden, G. Donald Booher v. Lee and O'Brien Counties and the State of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- State v. HughesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
- Mottram v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- State v. ColeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
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