Legal Opinion
McNeal v. Culver
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 23, 1961No. 52PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whittaker
Upon an information charging “Assault to Murder in the First Degree,” petitioner was put to trial, without counsel, before a jury in a Florida court, was convicted of “Assault to Murder in the Second Degree” and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 20 years which he is now serving. No appeal was taken, but within a year from his conviction petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court of Florida.
In that rather inartfully drawn petition, prepared in the penitentiary, at least the following allegations were made with reasonable clarity: When brought before the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Uveges v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Cash v. CulverSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Louette v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1899
- Farrell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
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3Cited by70 opinions
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- People v. DoradoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- Clarence Collins v. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Chewning v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Charles Edward Matthews, Ezekiel Brown and Raymond Cook v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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