Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Joseph Cyburt v. Charles J. Rowe
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 19, 1981No. 78-2147PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
In this habeas action, petitioner Joseph Cyburt seeks release from the Menard Psychiatric Center in Menard, Illinois.
The State of Illinois brought two indictments against Cyburt. The first charged that on February 5, 1973, he abducted an eight-year-old girl as she was walking to school, took her to his apartment, and forced her to engage in sexual activity with him. The second indictment charged that on February 12, 1973, Cyburt invited his sixteen-year-old half sister to his apartment and there raped her and forced her to perform oral sex on him.
The state trial court…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Luis Albert Alicea v. John R. Gagnon, Superintendent, and the Attorney General of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Walter Stewart v. Howard Peters, IIICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Patrick Arrowood v. Donald ClusenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- State v. SoaresHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1996
- United States Ex Rel. Cosey v. WolffDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1981
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