Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Walker
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided November 17, 1961No. Misc. 583PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEST, District Judge.
This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petitioner is presently incarcerated in the Louisana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana.
On November 19, 1954, petitioner was sentenced to ten years at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary pursuant to a jury verdict of guilty entered on October 23, 1954, on the charge of violating Title 40, See. 962 et seq. of the LSA-Revised Statutes of Louisiana, in that “he had in his possession certain quantities of narcotic drugs”.
A full and complete hearing was held before this Court…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Charles Donald Murphy v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Ben A. Johnson v. Victor G. Walker, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana and the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. SalzmannDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1976
- United States v. EhrlichmanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1974
- United States Ex Rel. Cooper v. ReinckeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1963
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