Legal Opinion
In Re Baptista's Petition
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided June 29, 1962No. 13836-4PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECKER, District Judge.
Floyd Baptista has asked leave to file and prosecute in forma pauperis this petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking his release from the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri. Petitioner makes the following averments in his petition:
On July 7, 1956, petitioner was found guilty by a jury of violating some unspecified Section of Title 18 U.S.C.A. and was sentenced to serve a term of 12 years by the United States District Court in Tucson, Arizona. Petitioner was serving this sentence at the Federal Penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana, when the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kalb v. FeuersteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Ex Parte HullSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Greenwood v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Coffin v. ReichardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- Miller v. OverholserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Donald A. Cates v. Dr. P. J. Ciccone, Director, United States Medical Center for Federal PrisonersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Mahaffey v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 1964
- Ramsey v. CicconeDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1970
- Peek v. CicconeDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1968
- Tyler v. CicconeDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1969
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