Legal Opinion
Lee v. Madigan
District Court, N.D. California
Decided January 23, 1957No. 35907PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, District Judge.
Petitioner, serving a life sentence in the federal penitentiary at Alcatraz, California, for murder committed in the Camp Cooke Disciplinary Barracks in 1949, seeks his release by means of a writ of habeas corpus. He contends that the general court martial which convicted him of the offense charged under Article 92 of the Articles of War, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1564,* lacked jurisdiction. On June 12, 1947, he had received his dishonorable discharge from the Army. Petitioner was serving a 20-year sentence at ■ the said barracks for the crime of armed robbery committed as a member…
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- In re CraigU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas · 1895
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Lee v. MadiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Lee v. MadiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1959