Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Robinson v. York
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided February 28, 1968No. Civ. 12376PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
The petitioner, Carrie Robinson, age thirty-eight, by this petition for a. writ of habeas corpus challenges the constitutionality of Conn.Gen.Stats. § 17-360, under the provisions of which she was sentenced to the Connecticut State Farm for Women, Niantic, for an indefinite term not to exceed three years. That statute provides:
“Women over sixteen years of age belonging to any of the following classes may be committed by any court of criminal jurisdiction to said institution: First, persons convicted of,…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Eslinger v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Commonwealth v. MacKenzieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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