Legal Opinion
Shoemaker v. Dowd, Warden
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided November 12, 1953No. 29,044PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBobbitt, C. J.
Appellant was charged with the offense of bank robbery under the Acts of 1927, ch. 158, §1, p. 470, being §10-4102, Burns’ 1942 Replacement, in May of 1935, in Hamilton County, Indiana, tried by jury, and found guilty as charged. The jury failed to fix the punishment to be imposed. The court entered judgment fixing the punishment at not less than fifty years in the Indiana State Prison. No appeal was taken from this judgment.
In February of 1944 appellant filed an application in two paragraphs for writ of habeas corpus in the LaPorte Circuit Court, alleging as grounds therefor in Paragraph II…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by30 opinions
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