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Samuele T. Stevens, Jr. v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided August 30, 1967No. 10005PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

Stevens, a Maryland prisoner sentenced to a term of twenty years upon a conviction of armed robbery, sought habeas corpus complaining of his representation in the trial court and of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. The sentence is shocking, but the conviction is unassailable on constitutional grounds.

In denying the petition, the District Court carefully considered the facts, 1 so that we may treat them more summarily here.

In the early hours of a Sunday morning after a Saturday evening’s carousal, two Negroes got in an argument over $47.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
  3. Mellott Faust v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
  4. Charles Mack McGrady v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
  5. Stevens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. United States v. Lawrence D. Hartford, AKA 'Larry,' United States of America v. Dale Bowdoin, United States of America v. Mike NewtonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  2. United States v. James Morrow Roper, Christian Matthew Newton, John Jackson Miller TruxellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  3. Elijah Wright v. Maryland Penitentiary, State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
  4. United States v. Louis GuglielmiCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
  5. Kenneth Wayne Whitmore v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984

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