Legal Opinion
Wansley v. Wilkerson
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided January 10, 1967No. 66-C-29-CPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHIE, District Judge.
Petitioner, presently bound over in the Lynchburg City Jail pending retrial on two indictments of rape and one of robbery, has applied to this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. He claims two substantive grounds of relief: first, that his prolonged detention is improper and, second, that the persistent denial of bail by state authorities is inconsistent with the Eighth and the Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Contending that there is little likelihood of his being found guilty as charged and that bail is customarily granted in cases of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- City of Greenwood v. PeacockSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Georgia v. RachelSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Norman J. Mastrian v. Kermit Hedman, Ramsey County Sheriff, and the State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- United States v. Jean NebbiaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Elmer Davis, Jr. v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Hunt v. RothCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- United States Ex Rel. Edwin A. Goodman v. H. William Kehl, Sheriff of New York CountyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Austin Troy Simon v. Albert Woodson, Sheriff of Lamar County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States Ex Rel. Keating v. BensingerDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1971
- H. Rap Brown v. Honorable Raymond Fogel, City Sergeant, Alexandria, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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