Legal Opinion
Smallwood v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 24, 1962No. Civ. 10757PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
Eugene Smallwood, the petitioner, was found guilty of rape in the Circuit Court for Charles County, Maryland, and on May 22, 1957, was sentenced to life imprisonment. After exhausting his State remedies he filed his third petition in this Court for a writ of habeas corpus and alleged facts which impelled the court to issue the writ and to appoint counsel. Through his counsel Smallwood contends that he was denied his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States in four respects: (1) that the State suppressed or withheld material evidence;…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Alcorta v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Salsburg v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Thomas Meers, Relator-Appellee v. Walter H. Wilkins, Warden of Attica State Prison, Attica, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Venson Eugene Williams v. A. L. Dutton, Warden of the State Prison at Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- State v. RenshawCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Milton M. Levin v. Ramsey Clark, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- State v. GilesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
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