Legal Opinion
Joseph Orton Smith v. Olin G. Blackwell, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 12, 1966No. 23231_1PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal is from an order denying appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus.
On December 19, 1955, in the Western Division of the Western District of Tennessee, appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for 3Yz years for a Dyer Act violation. 18 U.S.C. § 2312. Appellant was paroled on September 22, 1957, with 634 days of his sentence remaining to be served. On October 3, 1957, appellant was sentenced by a state court to a state penal farm in Memphis, Tennessee, for a term of one year on a charge of fraudulent breach of trust. Appellant escaped on December 17,1957, and was rearrested in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Anderson v. CorallSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Zerbst v. KidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. GernieDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
- United States Ex Rel. Jacobs v. BarcCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- Robert Chester Weathers v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Don B. Cook v. United States Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Shelton v. United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- United States of America Ex Rel. Rev. Frank Robert Cordee Hahn v. R. Vernon Revis and United States Board of Paroles and PardonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Thomas Dewey Lambert v. Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, and the United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Alex Buchanan v. Olin G. Blackwell, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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