Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Tower v. Hunt

District Court, W.D. New York

Decided September 5, 1940No. 505PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KNIGHT, District Judge.

One question only is raised on this application for a writ of habeas corpus. On January 9, 1922, relator was convicted of robbery first degree and sentenced to a state prison for not more than twenty years or less than ten years. On December 18, 1929, he was released on parole. On June 25, 1937, he was declared delinquent by the Parole Board and on July 6, 1937, returned to a state prison for violation of parole. He was returned on a parole warrant issued by a member of the Board of Parole of the State. Both at the time of relator’s *50conviction and at the time of his…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. People ex rel. Kurzynski v. HuntAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  3. Magistro v. WilsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Johnson v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
  2. Bearden v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1953

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