Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Smith v. Yeager
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided May 13, 1971No. Civ. 766-65PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge *
Petitioner Edgar Smith is before the court seeking a writ of habeas corpus. His petition was filed in 1965. He is confined in the New Jersey State Prison at Trenton awaiting the execution of a death sentence imposed by the Bergen County Court on June 4, 1957, after a jury trial for murder. Since that time petitioner has sought unsuccessfully to have the conviction set aside. 1 Heretofore this court, without an evidentiary hearing on the allegations of the petition, relying on the contents of the state court trial record, declined to issue the writ. The…
2Cases cited54 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
- United States v. Wilfredo Alvarez Appeal of John A/K/A Jorge MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- United States Ex Rel. Senk v. BrierleyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- United States of America Ex Rel. Edgar H. Smith v. Howard Yeager, Warden, New Jersey State Prison, TrentonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- United States Ex Rel. Monks v. WARDEN, NJ STATE PRISON AT RAHWAYDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1972
- United States Ex Rel. Frantino v. HatrakDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1976
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