Legal Opinion
Adams v. Hiatt
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 10, 1948No. 214 Habeas CorpusPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOLLMER, District Judge.
Albert A. Adams, having been convicted by a General Court-Martial under the 92nd Article of’ War, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1564, on a charge of rape, and being now a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary, Lewis-burg, Pennsylvania, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus.
Petitioner contends that a court-martial composed wholly of Army officers1 is unconstitutional. This calls for no extended discussion. The Supreme Court has pointed out that “The constitutionality of the acts of Congress touching army and navy courts-martial in this country, if there could ever have…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. MerrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Ex Parte QuirinSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Ex Parte ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- In Re YamashitaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Eagles v. United States Ex Rel. SamuelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. CulpUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1963
- Duval v. HumphreyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
- White v. HumphreyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1953
- United States v. DavisUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1952
- United States ex rel. Atkinson v. KishDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1959