Legal Opinion
Reynolds v. Cochran
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 20, 1961No. 115PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
In 1956 petitioner was convicted of grand larceny in the Criminal Court of Polk County, Florida, and sentenced to serve two years in prison. In December 1957, with time for good behavior, petitioner was released from prison and discharged from custody as an absolutely free man. Some two months after his release and discharge, the Polk County prosecutor filed an information against petitioner charging that he “has been convicted of two (2) felonies under the laws of the State of Florida, contrary to Section 775.09, Florida Statutes, 1957 1 . . . and against the peace and dignity of the State…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Chandler v. Warden FretagSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Cross v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1928
- Cash v. CulverSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- People v. CrovediCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
- Ambrose Gill v. Robert J. Ayers, Warden Attorney General of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- McKinnon v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
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