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Woods v. Nierstheimer

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 20, 1946No. Nos. 631, 671PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black

In 1940 the petitioner was indicted for murder in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois. Adjudged to be guilty on an alleged plea of guilty, he was sentenced to serve ninety-nine years in the state penitentiary. In 1945 he filed two identical petitions for habeas corpus, one in the Criminal Court of Cook County and the other in the Randolph County Circuit Court. In summary the allegations of these petitions were:

On March 8th or 9th, 1940, Chicago policemen came to petitioner’s home, accused him of murder, and arrested him. For a period of four days these policemen subjected him to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. White v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Williams v. KaiserSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. People Ex Rel. Swanson v. FisherIllinois Supreme Court · 1930

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. Angel v. BullingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Carter v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Marino v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Young v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Albert H. Carter v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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