Legal Opinion
Carl James Wedding v. John W. Wingo
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1973No. 72-2160PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
Wedding appeals from the denial by the District Court of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus after an eviden-tiary hearing conducted by a United States Magistrate. Wedding is presently serving a life sentence imposed in 1949 by the Webster Circuit Court of Kentucky after a plea of guilty to a charge of murder. He had filed his petition for the writ in the District Court in 1971, alleging among other things that his counsel was not appointed until the day of the trial; that he was not advised of his right of trial by jury; and that his guilty plea was coerced by…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. Yellow Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Clifford F. MacEvoy Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Calvin Tomkins Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- D. Ginsberg & Sons, Inc. v. PopkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Holiday v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Bruce A. Campbell v. United States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Wimmer v. CookCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Wingo v. WeddingSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Wimmer v. CookCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Fred A. Cruz, Etc. v. W. B. (Bill) HauckCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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