Legal Opinion
Henry Speigner v. Arnold R. Jago, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 24, 1979No. 78-3290PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
At a jury trial in the state court, petitioner Henry Speigner was convicted of second degree murder under O.R.C. § 2901.05.1 After unsuccessfully exercising his rights to direct appeal, Speigner petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus. The district judge, in granting the writ, concluded that petitioner’s conviction was “totally devoid of evidentiary support.”
The present case is a difficult one because of the small quantum of evidence presented to support petitioner’s conviction of second degree murder. On the one hand, there is “some” evidence of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Samuel Delk v. Frank D. AtkinsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Jeffrey York, Cross-Appellant v. Arthur Tate, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Rubin KREMER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEMICAL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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