Legal Opinion
Sewell v. Lainson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 10, 1953No. 48242PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
On April 23, 1952, the petitioner-appellant, an inmate of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, filed his petition in habeas corpus against the respondent-appellee, the warden of the prison. A writ was issued, returnable on May 2, 1952. The cause was actually reached for trial on May 6 following. At the conclusion of the ease the trial court rendered judgment annulling the writ and remanding the petitioner to the custody of the respondent. From'this judgment we have the present appeal.
It appears from the record that the petitioner was arrested at Chariton, Iowa, on February 8, 1951, on…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Cochran v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- People v. SchwarzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
- Woolsey v. BestSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Stevens v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Grosjean v. SpencerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- State v. NiccumSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
- State v. BastedoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
- State v. MulqueenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
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