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Ex Parte McKittrick Ex Rel. Donaldson v. Brown

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 10, 1935PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.

The Attorney General brings habeas corpus in behalf of Thomas F. Donaldson, Sheriff of Dunklin County, Missouri, to obtain custody of one Ray Bixler from Harold W. Brown, Adjutant General of the State of Missouri. The sheriff has a warrant for the arrest of Bixler on a charge of second degree murder. The Adjutant General holds him as a prisoner awaiting trial before a court-martial for the same homicide. The ultimate question to be determined is whether the trial of the prisoner shall be in the State circuit court or in the military court.

The prisoner is a private in Company B, 140th…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Grafton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Kahn v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  3. Johnson v. SayreSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. State v. CurtisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
  5. Caldwell v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1920

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Kinder v. HoldenMissouri Court of Appeals · 2002
  2. State Ex Rel. Cobb v. MillsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1945
  3. State v. . InmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
  4. Stein v. JamesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983

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