Legal Opinion
Homan v. Sigler
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided October 31, 1967No. Civ. 1197 LPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
VAN PELT, District Judge.
The petitioner in this case, Melvin W. Homan, is seeking release from the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex where he is serving a seven year sentence resulting from a conviction of the crime of shooting with intent to kill, wound or maim.
Petitioner had apparently had a daily ingestion of alcoholic beverages in large quantities for a period of about two weeks immediately preceding the incident which caused his arrest. On the day in question, April 5, 1965, petitioner had been drinking heavily from 6:00 in the morning until about the time the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. PoweCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- John Hizel, Jr. v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden of Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Gray v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1969
- Rinehart v. BrewerDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1976
- Homan v. SiglerDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1968
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