Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. James Cannon v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pa
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 14, 1967No. 16201PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WILLIAM F. SMITH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from the dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which the appellant, in custody pursuant to the judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, attacked the validity of his conviction for murder on the ground that trial errors and irregularities were such as to deprive him of a fair trial in violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The matter was submitted to the court below on the trial record.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Charley Luther Pike v. Fred R. Dickson, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Commonwealth v. CannonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Groseclose v. PlummerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
- Harold Jackson v. The People of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Oscar A. Harrison v. Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, West VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Raymond Walker, Cross-Appellant v. Ted Engle, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Guss Maggitt v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Commonwealth v. VickeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- State v. SimsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- Lester Matlock v. James Rose, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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