Legal Opinion
Ex parte Berman
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided April 28, 1936PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
In this petition for habeas corpus the petitioner, Louis Berman, seeks release from confinement in • the Maryland Penitentiary where he was sentenced to life imprisonment by judgment of the Criminal Court of Baltimore in 1928, after verdict of the jury finding him “guilty of murder in the first degree.” His defense *717in that case was based on insanity. His contention is that the judgment is void because the verdict did not specifically find that he was sane at the time of the commission of the crime and at the time of the trial as required by the Maryland Code, art. 59,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Ex Parte TerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Moore v. DempseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by3 opinions
- Berman v. Warden of Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
- Ex parte LewisDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1945
- Berman v. WardenDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1963