Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Cleveland Thompson v. Charles L. Dye, Warden, Allegheny County Jail
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 23, 1955No. 11419_1PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
A jury sitting in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania found relator-appellant guilty of murder in the first degree and recommended the death penalty. The conviction and the death sentence were affirmed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.1
The first time the matter came into the federal court was on application for habeas corpus which alleged incompetence of defense counsel. We affirmed the denial of the writ by the district court.2 Thereafter, following various other steps in the cause, another petition for habeas corpus was filed in the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Almeida v. BaldiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Geisler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. RutkinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Commonwealth v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
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3Cited by122 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Giles v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- William B. Barbee v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- United States v. James Vincent KeoghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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