Legal Opinion
Potter v. Dowd
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 8, 1944No. 8630Published
1Opinion of the Court
146 F.2d 244 (1944)
POTTER
v.
DOWD, Warden.
No. 8630.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
December 8, 1944.
Charles W. Potter, of Michigan City, Ind., in pro. per., for appellant.
Frank E. Coughlin, Deputy Atty. Gen., of Indiana, for appellee.
Before EVANS, MAJOR, and KERNER, Circuit Judges.
KERNER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant is a prisoner in the Indiana State Prison, serving a life sentence for rape, imposed in April, 1939, pursuant to a judgment of conviction of a state court. He petitioned the District Court for a writ of habeas corpus. From an order denying his petition the court dismissed…
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