Legal Opinion

Application of Aschmeller

District Court, D. South Dakota

Decided December 2, 1975No. Civ. 75-4038PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION

NICHOL, Chief Judge.

Petitioner seeks habeas corpus relief under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 (1970). Petitioner Aschmeller is confined in the South Dakota State Penitentiary under a life sentence imposed in 1971, following a conviction for murder perpetrated in the commission of a felony. The conviction was affirmed by the South Dakota Supreme Court. State v. Aschmeller, S.D., 209 N.W.2d 369 (1973).

Petitioner’s first premise is that the State of South Dakota, by judicial decision, requires that the corpus delicti of a crime may not be established by the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Joseph Hendricks v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  3. Louis Cunha v. Lou v. Brewer, Warden at the Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  4. United States of America Ex Rel. William Hayward v. Robert L. Johnson, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Graterford, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  5. State v. AschmellerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1973

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bennett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
  2. Perez v. MetzDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977
  3. State v. DowCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2008
  4. Kirkby v. FilionDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2009
  5. State v. DowCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2008

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