Legal Opinion
Hiatt v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 17, 1950No. 359PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
Respondent, while serving as an enlisted soldier in the United States Army in Germany, was convicted by a general court-martial of committing murder on December 25, 1946, in violation of the 92d Article of War, 41 Stat. 805, 10 U. S. C. § 1564. The sentence imposed was dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and life imprisonment, which was reduced to twenty years upon recommendation of the Judge Advocate General. On petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ordered respondent discharged from the federal penitentiary in…
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- Humphrey v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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