Legal Opinion
Potter v. Dowd
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 8, 1944No. 8630PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERNER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant is a prisoner in the Indiana State Prison, serving a life sentence for rape, imposed in April, 1939, pursuant to a judgment of conviction of a state court. He petitioned the District Court for a writ of habeas corpus. From an order denying his petition — the court dismissed the petition without an examination into the substance of the causes of his detention and without determining the verity of the allegations of the petition — this appeal, in forma pauperis, is presented.
The contention is that appellant is being deprived of his liberty without due process of…
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