Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Hawk

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 31, 1944PublishedCited by 588 opinions

1Per curiam

This case comes here on petitioner’s application for leave to file in this Court his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is confined in the Nebraska State Penitentiary under sentence for murder imposed by the Nebraska District Court.

His present proceeding has been prefaced by several earlier applications to both state and federal courts. His petition for habeas corpus was denied without a hearing by the Nebraska District Court whose decision was affirmed by the Nebraska Supreme Court, Hawk v. O’Grady, 137 Neb. 639, 290 N. W. 911. This Court denied certiorari, 311 U. S. 645.…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941

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3Cited by588 opinions

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  4. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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