Legal Opinion

Clifford L. Singleton v. Chesley H. Looney, Warden, U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided January 3, 1955No. 4955PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order discharging an application for a writ of' habeas corpus challenging the validity of' petitioner’s custody under a conditional release violator’s warrant.

Substantially undisputed facts reveal that Appellant was committed on June 27, 1946, to the District of Columbia Reformatory for a term of from eighteen months to five years for violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 415. 1 On October 11, 1949, having served the maximum sentence imposed, less statutory good time deductions, he was conditionally released with 623 days of the maximum sentence…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hicks v. ReidCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
  2. Chandler v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943
  3. Evans v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947
  4. C. H. Looney, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas v. Elmer S. LenzCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Robert Chester Weathers v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  2. G. W. Robinson v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, and United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  3. John C. Howard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
  4. Dewey William Carson v. Executive Director, Department of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
  5. James O. Frierson v. William P. Rogers, United States Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961

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