Legal Opinion
Whalen v. Johnson
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided October 13, 1977No. Civ. 6-70296PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DeMASCIO, District Judge.
The petitioner is currently serving a state sentence at a federal correctional institution. 1 He filed this petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging that (1) the trial court erroneously admitted hearsay evidence about a certain license plate, (2) that the trial court erred in receiving testimony of a witness at petitioner’s retrial since the prosecution had assured him that this particular witness did not have material evidence to offer, and would not be called, (3) that the trial court erred in permitting the prosecutor to develop testimony…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Weatherford v. BurseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. KopaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- McKinley Brown, Etc. v. T. A. Vance, Etc., Mary Jean Boone, Etc., Cross-Appellee v. Walter L. Dennis, Etc., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Ronald Johnson v. Warden LumpkinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Gooden v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1985
- Hence v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1999
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