Legal Opinion

Hogan v. Zerbst

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 9, 1939No. 8947PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding the prisoner to the custody of the warden of the Atlanta penitentiary. The material facts shown by the. record are these:

Appellant began serving a sentence of four years in a Federal jail on November 7, 1931. He was released on parole December 5, 1933. While on parole he was arrested in the state of Arkansas and charged with aiding four other men in a robbery. His participation in the robbery consisted in conveying the robbers away from the scene of the crime, after it had been committed,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Anderson v. CorallSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Zerbst v. KidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Anthony Richard Avellino v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
  2. United States Ex Rel. Gutterson v. ThompsonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1942
  3. Bowers v. DishongCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
  4. Welch v. HillisDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1944
  5. Hartley v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969

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