Legal Opinion

Mack Merrill Rivenburgh, Jr. v. State of Utah

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided February 1, 1962No. 6946PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Mack Merrill Rivenburgh, Jr. was convicted of murder in the first degree without recommendation and pursuant to the mandatory provisions of the applicable Utah statute was sentenced to be executed for the offense. U.C.A.1953, 76-30-4. The judgment of conviction was affirmed on appeal to the Supreme Court of Utah, State v. Rivenburgh, 11 Utah 2d 95, 355 P.2d 689. Thereafter Riven-burgh petitioned the Supreme Court of Utah for a writ of coram nobis and was denied by that court by order dated June 29, 1961. Certiorari from that state order to the Supreme Court of the United…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. State v. RivenburghUtah Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Union Cartage Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Robert v. Dotson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Davis v. RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
  2. Steven Finkelstein v. Eliot Spitzer, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  3. Rawlins v. State of KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
  4. Joe Oliver Cavett v. Tom Ellis, County Clerk of Dallas County, and Bill Shaw, District Clerk of Dallas CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. Henry William Theriault v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968

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