Legal Opinion
Kane v. Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1970No. Nos. 13018, 13240 and 13427PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated appeals, federal and Virginia prisoners, claiming denial of the right to speedy trials, seek writs of habeas corpus to bar prosecutions evidenced by detainers lodged against them by other states. We hold that after a prisoner has exhausted available state remedies, he may be afforded this relief.
I
Michael G. Kane, a prisoner serving a five-year sentence at the federal penitentiary, in Marion, Illinois, alleges the following facts: On October 13, 1966, a police officer of the City of Newport News, Virginia, filed a detainer at the federal prison…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Albert Moore v. John Deyoung, Warden, Passaic County Jail, and Frank Davenport, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Jeffrey R. MacDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Walker v. DillardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Michael Glen Kane v. State of Virginia, Dale H. Sutherland v. State of Maryland, Clifford E. Perry v. Sixth Judicial Circuit of Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland and Circuit Court for Pinellas County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
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