Legal Opinion

Jerome Erving, Jr. v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 14, 1972No. 71-1242PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by Jerome Erving, Jr., a prisoner in the Nebraska State Penitentiary, for a writ of habeas corpus. After an evidentiary hearing in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, Judge Urbom refused to grant the writ, Erving v. Sig-ler, 327 F.Supp. 778 (D.Neb.1971), and entered an order dismissing the petition. We affirm that order of dismissal.

In May 1965, Erving and one other codefendant, Donald Davis, Jr., were *844convicted in a jury trial of murder in the perpetration of a robbery in Omaha, Nebraska. Another codefendant, Deborah Boston,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Gallegos v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  5. Sigler v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. United States v. Efrain Medina A/K/A Frank MedinaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
  2. Arthur Lee Taylor v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  3. Corbin v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Gregg v. WyrickDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1974
  5. Jerome Erving, Jr. v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972

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