Legal Opinion
Le Roy St. Clair Brown, Jr. v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1968No. 9669_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Brown filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus with the United States District Court for the District of Kansas seeking release from the Kansas State Penitentiary. The District Court denied his petition without a hearing on the ground that he had not exhausted his state remedies as prescribed by 28 U.S. C.A. § 2254, and this appeal was taken.
The Kansas statutes (K.S.A. § 60-1507) provide a Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence as a method to collaterally attack state convictions. The appellant has not sought relief under this statute, nor has he…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Kansas · 1967
- Eugene Cordova v. Harold A. Cox, Warden of the New Mexico State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- William Nay Wood v. Sherman H. Crouse, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Miles v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1965
- Mitchell Sobota v. Harold A. Cox, Warden, New Mexico State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by22 opinions
- John Omo v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Theodore R. Nance v. J. E. Baker, Warden of the New Mexico State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Manual Chavez v. J. E. Baker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Sandoval v. Felix RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- Leroy St. Clair Brown, Jr. v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
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