Legal Opinion
Gann v. Smith
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided October 29, 1970No. EC 7044-KPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KEADY, Chief Judge.
This petition for writ of habeas corpus is brought by Melvin Evans Gann under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner, presently on bond, attacks his conviction and sentence by the Circuit Court of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, on the ground that certain evidence introduced against him at trial was obtained under a search warrant based upon an invalid affidavit and also that the Circuit Court increased his sentence after a trial de novo following an appeal from his initial conviction in Justice of the Peace Court. After response to the petition by the State of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
- Lay v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
- Boring v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1971
- Lucas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
- Melvin Gann v. W. D. Smith, Jr., No. 71-1201 Summary Calendar. (1) Rule 18, 5th Cir. See Isbell Enterprises v. Citizens Casualty Co. Of N.Y., 431 F.2d 409, Part I (5th Cir. 1970)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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