Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Rivers v. Myers
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 26, 1965No. Misc. 2857PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DUSEN, District Judge.
This Petition For A Writ of Habeas Corpus asks the court for relief from a finding of murder in the first degree and a sentence of death imposed by a three-judge Pennsylvania court in June 1957, after a plea of guilty to murder generally (p. la of R-5), and reimposed by such a court in October 1959. The background of this case is set forth in the previous opinion of this court (and in the previous state court decisions referred to in that opinion), denying a former Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by the same relator. See United States ex rel. Rivers v.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Rasmussen v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- United States ex rel. Russo v. State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- John Hizel, Jr. v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden of Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- United States ex rel. Rivers v. MyersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- People v. RobertsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
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