Legal Opinion

Jacks v. Duckworth

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided April 11, 1980No. S 79-308PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, District Judge.

This Court now considers the petitioner’s motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 requesting a writ of habeas corpus to issue. Petitioner, Edward Dennis Jacks, Jr., is a state prisoner who is presently incarcerated at the Indiana State Prison for his conviction for First Degree Murder. Petitioner was found guilty after a jury trial in November, 1976, and he received a sentence of life imprisonment. Petitioner took a direct appeal to the Supreme Court of Indiana raising several matters, including essentially the same issues presented in this…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Grecco v. O'LoneDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1987
  2. Wood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
  3. Edward Dennis Jacks, Jr. v. Jack Duckworth, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison, and Indiana Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  4. Nations v. NationsDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1987
  5. Bashor v. RisleyDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1982

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