Legal Opinion
McDaniel v. Hiatt
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 2, 1948No. 215PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOLLMER, District Judge.
The petitioner, a military prisoner at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, was convicted by a General Court Martial for a violation of Article of War 92, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1564, he having been charged thereunder with the premeditated killing of a woman by shooting her with a rifle. He now seeks a writ of habeas corpus. His petition is predicated upon two propositions, namely that the court as originally constituted, consisted of fourteen members, and seven of such members-having been excused by the verbal orders of the Commanding General, the remaining…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- In Re YamashitaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Dorsey v. GillCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Price v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942
- Curtis v. RivesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Wallace v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. WalkerUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1957
- United States v. ColonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1978
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