Legal Opinion
Bayless v. Johnston
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 9, 1943No. 23716PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ST. SURE, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks release from Alcatraz prison upon habeas corpus, claiming that *759the judgment upon which commitment was issued is void, because he was deprived of assistance of counsel for his defense in violation of the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
Two indictments were returned against petitioner in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri charging him with bank robbery using deadly weapons, and transportation in interstate commerce of a stolen automobile. 12 U.S.C.A. § 588b and 18 U.S.C.A. § 408. He pleaded…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- In Re BonnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
3Cited by3 opinions
- Wilfong v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1946
- Bayless v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1944
- O'Keith v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1944