Legal Opinion
Henry Wagenknecht v. Sherman Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 27, 1965No. 8001_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Wagenknecht is confined in the Kansas State Penitentiary where he is serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife in 1954. He brought this habeas corpus action in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. The petition, which was prepared without the assistance of counsel, is long and rambling and contains mostly an argument that he is innocent of the crime charged. The principal objection to the judgment and sentence is that he alleges he can now prove that his wife is still alive. There are also statements in the petition which may be construed as allegations that at…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Francis J. Curran, Francis J. Maguire and Ira F. Jones, Jr. v. State of DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
- Moore v. AderholdCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Hickock v. CrouseCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- Audilio Carrillo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- James D. Mooneyham v. State of KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Jean Sinclair v. John W. Turner, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Willie Gray Dixon, Jr. v. State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Joe M. Mathis v. The People of the State of Colorado and Wayne K. Patterson, Warden of the Colorado State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Delphos B. Burns v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- Jeremiah Opie, Also Known as Jerry Opie v. Lenard F. Meacham, Warden of the Wyoming State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
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