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Nelson v. Hancock

District Court, D. New Hampshire

Decided March 1, 1965No. Civ. A. 2514PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CONNOR, District Judge.

This is a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c) (3). Petitioners are under sentence of capital punishment stemming from their conviction in the New Hampshire court on two indictments: the first charged petitioner Martineau with the deliberate and premeditated homicide of one Maurice Gagnon and charged petitioner Nelson with aiding and abetting the homicide; the second indictment charged both petitioners jointly with murder in the first degree while perpetrating the crime of kidnapping. Petitioners, by their counsel, have submitted briefs and have…

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2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. White v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1966
  2. Richard Lee Golliher v. United States of America, Harry Richard Holmes v. United States of America, Carl Dean Wheeler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
  3. State v. RiceNebraska Supreme Court · 1972
  4. State v. RaymondSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
  5. State v. OsborneSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979

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