Legal Opinion
Frank Jimmy Snider, Jr. v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1961No. 8267PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
A state court prisoner, under sentence of death for the rape of a 9-year old child, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court. Since the sentence was about to be executed, the writ was issued and, thereafter, a hearing was held, after which the District Judge concluded that there had been no showing of any denial of any of the prisoner’s constitutional rights. 1
On appeal, we remanded the case to the District Court for further proceedings. The prisoner’s principal claim was that he was insane at the time the crime was committed, a defense…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Michel v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Affronti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Hebert v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. ThomasWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1974
- Charles Earl Brubaker v. Fred R. Dickson, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Nathan Thomas v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Treece v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1988
- Rollins v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
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