Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Stephens
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided August 6, 1964No. PB 62 C 24PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNG, District Judge.
Petitioner, a Negro male, age 27, brings this habeas corpus proceeding, in forma pauperis, alleging the unconstitutionality of his conviction for rape in the Circuit Court of Union County, Arkansas, on April 11, 1959. Petitioner was sentenced to death and his conviction was affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court in Mitchell v. State, 230 Ark. 894, 327 S.W.2d 384 (1959). No application for certiorari was made to the United States Supreme Court. Petitioner’s motion to vacate the state court judgment was denied. Mitchell v. State, 232 Ark. 371, 337 S.W.2d 663 (1960), as was…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NegriSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- State v. ColemanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- Lonnie Mitchell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- United States ex rel. Russo v. State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Trotter v. StephensDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1965
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