Legal Opinion
Joseph Muncie Victor v. Ward Lane, Warden of Indiana State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 1968No. 16234_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Muncie Victor is in custody in an Indiana prison, pursuant to conviction and sentence in an Indiana court. He petitioned the district court for habe-as corpus. The district court decided, without an evidentiary hearing, that Victor had failed to assert a deprivation of constitutional rights, and dismissed the petition. Victor has appealed.
Victor was indigent, and was represented by court-appointed counsel at his trial. He was convicted July 15, 1960. His trial counsel filed a timely motion for a new trial, which was overruled September 23, 1960. It is…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lane v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Aubrey Pate v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- United States Ex Rel. Ralph Maselli v. Frederick G. Reincke, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- United States Ex Rel. Thurmond v. MancusiDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1967
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3Cited by19 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Joel Smith v. The Hon. Daniel McMann Warden of the Auburn State Prison, Auburn, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Russell Judas Nelson v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Anthony Nance v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Singleton v. Joseph I. Woods, Sheriff of Cook CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- The People v. CovingtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
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