Legal Opinion
Schita v. King
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1943No. 12402PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing a writ of habeas corpus, by which appellant sought relief from a judgment of a general court martial convicting him of murder. We shall refer to the appellant as petitioner and the appellee as respondent.
Petitioner, a colored man, confined in the United States Hospital for Defective Delinquents at Springfield, Missouri, without the assistance of counsel, prepared and filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging:(1) That he was being illegally and unlawfully restrained of his liberty.(2) That he in form had been found…
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3Cited by19 opinions
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