Legal Opinion
Maxwell v. Bishop
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided August 26, 1966No. PB-66-C-52PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HENLEY, Chief Judge.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding wherein petitioner, William L. Maxwell, attacks collaterally for the second time his 1962 conviction in the Circuit Court of Garland County, Arkansas, of the crime of forcible rape. The sentence imposed upon him was death. Ark.Stats. Ann., § 41-3403.
Petitioner, a Negro man, was charged with raping a 35 year old, unmarried white woman on the night of November 3, 1961. He pleaded not guilty and was tried before a jury. During the trial and during subsequent proceedings in the State court petitioner was represented by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Giaccio v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by7 opinions
- William L. Maxwell v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent, Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Deason v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
- Irving v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
- In the Matter of Isaac Sims, Jr., in the Matter of Richard AbramsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Swain v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
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