Legal Opinion
O'brien, Warden v. Lindsey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 5, 1953No. 4717_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
On March 21, 1949, Frederick Lindsey, appellee herein, was sentenced to prison for concurrent terms of seven to nine years upon conviction, after trial in the Superior Court for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, of the offences of incest and carnal abuse of a female child. After unsuccessful efforts to procure his release by a petition for a writ of error filed in the Supreme Judicial Court, Lindsey filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the court below. The district court ordered the writ to issue and held a full hearing on the merits, as a result of which the court concluded “that the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- In Re BonnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- MedleySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Mahler v. EbySupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Dowd v. United States Ex Rel. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Arnold R. Jago, Superintendent v. United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division at Cleveland, and Harllel B. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- United States of America Ex Rel. Clay Thomas v. State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- M. J. Wiman, Warden v. Jimmy Argo, Alias, Jimmy Argo, Alias v. M. J. Wiman, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- United States of America Ex Rel. Silvio De Vita v. Lloyd W. McCorkle Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison at Trenton, New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- United States Ex Rel. Maselli v. ReinckeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1966
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