Legal Opinion

Finkenbiner v. Dowd

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 23, 1952No. 28,809PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBobbitt, J.

This action arises out of the filing of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by appellant in the LaPorte Circuit Court seeking release from the Indiana Hospital for Insane Criminals at Michigan City.

On July 8, 1939, appellant was charged by affidavit in the Wabash Circuit Court with commission of a felony, namely: “Committing Bodily Injury upon a Police Officer.” He was, on said date, apprehended and confined in the Wabash County Jail, and on the same day the Judge of the Wabash Circuit Court caused to be entered a memorandum suggesting that there were reasonable grounds for believing that…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Kunkel v. Laporte Circuit CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Witte v. Dowd, WardenIndiana Supreme Court · 1951
  3. State Ex Rel. Ferger v. Circuit CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1949
  4. State Ex Rel. McManamon v. Blackford Circuit CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1950
  5. Goodman v. Daly, WardenIndiana Supreme Court · 1929

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Wallace v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Turner v. O'NEAL, SHERIFF, ETC.Indiana Supreme Court · 1957
  3. State ex rel. Citizens National Bank v. Superior CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1956
  4. Tahash v. ClementsIndiana Supreme Court · 1955
  5. State ex rel. Van Orden v. Floyd Circuit CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1980

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