Legal Opinion
Maxwell v. Stephens
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided May 6, 1964No. PB 64 C 4PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNG, District Judge.
This habeas corpus proceeding is brought by William L. Maxwell, a Negro male, age 24, who was convicted for the crime of rape in the Circuit Court of Garland County, Arkansas, on March 21, 1962, and sentenced to death. The conviction was affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court in the case of Maxwell v. State, 236 Ark. 694, 370 S.W.2d 113 (1963), and following a denial of petition for rehearing the date of execution was scheduled for January 24, 1964. No application for certiorari was made to the United States Supreme Court. The instant action was filed on January 20,…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by23 opinions
- William L. Maxwell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- State v. MarkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1966
- State v. GonzalesIdaho Supreme Court · 1968
- William L. Maxwell v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent, Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- People v. DanielsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
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