Legal Opinion
In Re Rickert
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided September 14, 1964No. 1990PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShangraw, J.
The petitioner Wilbur J. Rickert, Jr., seeks his release from the Vermont State Prison at Windsor, Vermont by habeas corpus. The petition for the writ has been challenged by a motion to dismiss filed by the State of Vermont on behalf of Robert G. Smith, Warden of the Vermont State Prison. The grounds of the motion are three-fold; in that the petition, (a) fails to name or describe the person by whom the petitioner is being detained; (b) fails to state facts upon which the prisoner bases his allegations of unlawful restraint, and (c) that an appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court from proceedings…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Bowen v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Sunal v. LargeSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Holiday v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In Re DobsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1965
- In Re NewtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1966
- Rutherford Ex Rel. Rutherford v. BestSupreme Court of Vermont · 1980
- Shuttle v. PatrissiSupreme Court of Vermont · 1992
- People v. ConnorCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
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