Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Taylor v. Redman
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided November 21, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-279PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.
In this petition for habeas corpus petitioner, Edmund G. Taylor, challenges a verdict rendered by a Delaware state court on December 12, 1977, finding him guilty on several charges. He contends that the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment bars this conviction because in an earlier prosecution the jury found petitioner not guilty by reason of mental illness on charges arising out of the same series of events that gave rise to the trial and conviction now under challenge.
On August 20, 1975 petitioner, armed with a handgun, forcibly entered the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Standefer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Waller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HudeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Rubin Carter and John Artis v. John J. RaffertyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Looney v. City of Wilmington, Del.District Court, D. Delaware · 1989
- United States v. James CarbullidoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Nacher v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
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