Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Brown v. Lane
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided July 26, 1961No. Civ. No. 2904PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, District Judge.
This is a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by petitioner on July 20, 1961. Petitioner is presently under sentence of death imposed by the Lake County, Indiana, Criminal Court upon a conviction for murder in the perpetration of robbery.
The issue in this petition is whether the State of Indiana denied petitioner “equal protection” as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States by its action in allowing the Public Defender sole discretion in determining whether or not he will represent this pauper-petitioner and furnish him with the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Smith v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Eskridge v. Washington State Board of Prison Terms & ParolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Burns v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- State Ex Rel. Casey v. MurrayIndiana Supreme Court · 1952
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Lane v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Kershner v. BolesDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1963
- United States of America Ex Rel. George Robert Brown v. Ward Lane, as Warden of the Indiana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1962
- Ex parte HableSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Gallegos v. TurnerDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1966
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