Legal Opinion

McDowell v. Swope

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 31, 1950No. 12486_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McLAUGHLIN, District Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial below of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The background of the problem presented is that appellant was sentenced on June 22, 1943, to fourteen years by a court of the State of Michigan and escaped from the state prison on October 7, 1944. On June 7, 1945, -for violation of federal law he was sentenced by the district court of the District of Nebraska to three years and was subsequently transferred to and confined at Alcatraz.

In March 1945 appellant was indicted in the Southern District of Indiana upon two counts. 'Count One…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Bozza v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. United States v. DaughertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Cook v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
  4. Rowley v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
  5. United States v. KaraviasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. United States v. Danilo Bautista Batimana and Jose Edgardo NogueraCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
  2. John Benson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
  3. Morris Wilbur Lee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
  4. Frank G. Robles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  5. United States v. Patrick Harley KenyonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975

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