Legal Opinion
Brown v. Parratt
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided August 24, 1976No. Civ. 74-L-36PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNEY, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, after an evidentiary hearing and submission of the state court record. The sole issue in this habeas corpus action is whether an enhanced sentence of ten years by virtue of the Nebraska habitual criminal statute, Neb.Rev.Stat. § 29-2221 (Reissue 1975) 1 is cruel and unusual punishment as applied to the petitioner.
The petitioner, Monroe Brown, received a sentence of three years imprisonment in 1964 for burglary in the third degree and a three year term in 1967 for larceny and receiving stolen property. In…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gryger v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Monroe Brown v. Robert Parratt, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Timothy Layne Pierce v. Robert F. ParrattCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Watkins v. SolemDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1977
- People v. ChristieNew York Supreme Court · 1986
- Monroe Brown v. Robert Parratt, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
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