Legal Opinion
Rice v. Wisconsin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 1970No. 17790PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Lloyd Rice appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.2
On June 8, 1967, petitioner was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury verdict following a trial in the county court of Kenosha County, Wisconsin. After a hearing, the trial court denied a motion for new trial and on June 23, 1967 sentenced him to life imprisonment which he is now serving as a prisoner of the State of Wisconsin in the Waupun State Prison.
On appeal, the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Oseman v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. RiceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1968
- Rice v. WisconsinDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1968
3Cited by1 opinion
- Rice v. State Of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970