Legal Opinion
Darrell E. Copenhaver v. John E. Bennett, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1966No. 17994PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEREDITH, District Judge.
This is an appeal by Darrell E. Copen-haver, appellant, in forma pauperis from a final order of the district court filed December 23, 1964, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus without a hearing. Appellant’s primary contention before this Court is that the district court erred in not holding a “full eviden-tiary hearing”, in contravention of the basic rules as to postconviction relief set out in the landmark triology of postcon-viction cases: Townsend v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d 770 (1963); Fay v. Noia, 372 U.S. 391, 83 S.Ct. 822, 9…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Salinger v. LoiselSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Richard Bernard Lindhorst, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Jerry Campbell v. State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Robert Emanuel Sciberras v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Harry R. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Delbert R. Crosswhite v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden of the Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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