Legal Opinion
William K. Powell v. Martin J. Wiman, Warden of Kilby Prison Montgomery, Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1961No. 18368PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of this Court on former appeal, 1 and remanded this ease to the district court “for a full hearing.” 2 The district court at first construed the order of the Supreme Court to direct a full hearing on Powell’s motion for leave to appeal from the earlier judgment of the district court, but later granted Powell’s motion for a full hearing on his application for habeas corpus.
Powell is imprisoned under a ten-year sentence imposed upon his conviction in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, of the offense of robbery, a capital…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Garrett v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
- Redwine v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States v. WelchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
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3Cited by35 opinions
- William L. Calley, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Howard H. Callaway, Etc., Etc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States of America Ex Rel. Thomas Meers, Relator-Appellee v. Walter H. Wilkins, Warden of Attica State Prison, Attica, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- United States v. Edward Wray Crockett, Jr., Eugene Allen Fisher and Hugh R. SegarsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- State v. ViglianoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967
- Allen v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
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