Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Collins v. Claudy, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 7, 1953No. 10857_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
A Pennsylvania statute authorizes an enhanced penalty upon second conviction of certain crimes. The question here is whether the manner in which a Pennsylvania trial court utilized that statute to impose upon the relator, Collins, double the normal maximum penalty for the crime with which he was charged violated the Fourteenth Amendment requirement of procedural due process of law.
The question arises in a habeas corpus proceeding initiated in a United States District Court by Collins to obtain release from state custody. It is his contention that a portion of his…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Brown v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Arnold R. Jago, Superintendent v. United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division at Cleveland, and Harllel B. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- United States of America Ex Rel. Clay Thomas v. State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- United States of America Ex Rel. Salvatore D'ambrosio, Relator-Appellant v. Hon. Edward M. Fay, as Warden of Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- State v. RhodesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- John Fink Mounts v. Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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