Legal Opinion
Sweet v. Howard
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 1946No. 8955PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINTON, Circuit Judge.
The District Court for the Northern District of Indiana sustained the motion of the respondent to dismiss the petition of the petitioner for a writ of habeas corpus. This appeal was taken from the judgment dismissing said petition.
*717On April 15, 1935, petitioner was sentenced by the Parke Circuit Court of Indiana to life imprisonment on his plea of guilty of kidnapping. He is now in the state prison in custody of the warden under a commitment pursuant to this judgment.
The petitioner claims he has been denied due process of law and equal protection of the law guaranteed by…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- White v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Sanders v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- Mahon v. JusticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Carr v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1924
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Roosevelt Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. Handy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Harold E. Sivard, Jr. v. Pulaski County, Pulaski County Sheriff's Department, Charlotte Ward, Individually and in Her Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. HandyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1951
- United States v. TrunkoDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1960
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