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Chamberlain v. Delgado

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided October 25, 1960No. 953 (147)Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Saldaña

delivered the opinion of the Court.

While the Supreme Court was in session and all its justices able, Donald Leroy Chamberlain filed a petition for habeas *8corpus before the subscribing justice individually.1 He alleged that the sentence of five to twelve years in the penitentiary imposed on him on May 8, 1959 by the Superior 'Court, San Juan Part, in criminal cases G-58-614, G-58-615, :and M-58-500, is illegal and consequently his commitment in the Puerto Rico State Penitentiary is also illegal. He stated the following grounds which we deem advisable to copy here literally:

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Stack v. BoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. Ex Parte HudgingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  3. Ex Parte GrossmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. Ex Parte ClarkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  5. Lewis Woodard Larson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960

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