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United States ex rel. Leon v. Banmiller

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided December 31, 1959No. Misc. No. 2101PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EGAN, District Judge.

George Leon, a prisoner at the Pennsylvania Eastern State Penitentiary, petitioned this Court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. The District Attorney of Philadelphia County filed an answer. The matter was heard in open court on the petition, answer, and briefs and arguments of counsel for the respective parties.

On May 11, 1946, the petitioner was arrested for three offenses of armed robbery in Pennsylvania, two of which were committed between January and April, 1946.1 In June 1946 a lunacy commission reported him to be insane and therefore unable to stand…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Leland v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. People v. DaughertyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
  5. Edward B. Bishop v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. WongHawaii Supreme Court · 1964
  2. Bell v. PattersonDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1968
  3. Bumgarner v. LockhartDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1973

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