Legal Opinion
Harlan Lynn Noble v. Maurice Sigler, Warden, Nebraska State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1965No. 17902PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, Harlan Lynn Noble, collaterally seeks relief from a life sentence assessed by the District Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska, upon his plea of guilty to kidnapping, sodomy, and being an habitual criminal. Prior to the present conviction petitioner had been convicted of kidnapping, rape, sodomy and being an habitual criminal by a Kansas District Court in 1952 and was then sentenced to life imprisonment. The court files disclose, “He has a long standing criminal record for various charges and is an habitual on forcible rape”. In 1956 while serving said life…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Leland v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- United States Ex Rel. Smith v. BaldiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Massey v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Robert v. Bruce v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Johnny Mitchell v. Donald WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Nathaniel Williams v. State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Robert Hawkins v. John E. Bennett, Warden, Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- United States of America Ex Rel. Michael O'COnnOr v. The State of New Jersey and Howard YeagerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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