Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Master v. Baldi
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 8, 1952No. 10486PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STALEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. At the time the petition was filed, relator was incarcerated in the Philadelphia County Prison serving a sentence imposed on him upon his conviction in 1948 for receiving stolen goods. Relator contends that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has denied him due process of law by kidnapping him from Maryland to Pennsylvania, forcing him to confess by the infliction of physical violence, and using the coerced confession to convict him.
The petition alleges the following…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Chambers v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. Handy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Palakiko v. Harper, Warden of Oahu PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Frank Delano Gay, Oliver Townsend and Willie Olen Scott v. Marcell Graham, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
- Arthur Earl Bistram v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958
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