Legal Opinion
Parker L. Hancock, Warden v. Russell Nelson
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 14, 1966No. 6524_1PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MADDEN, Judge:
The United States District Court for New Hampshire has granted the appel-lees’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The warden who has the appellees in custody has brought this appeal. We conclude that the writ should not have been *251granted, and we reverse the judgment of the district court.
The appellees were tried and, on November 9, 1959, were convicted in the State court of New Hampshire of the crime of murder, and were sentenced to death by hanging. On November 30, 1961, their convictions were affirmed by the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. State v. Nelson, 103 N.H.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by26 opinions
- United States v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Robert Brett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. FeldmanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Lemon v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
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