Legal Opinion
Cannito v. Sigler
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 7, 1971No. Nos. 71-1072, 71-1073PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from judgments entered by the United States District Court granting writs of habeas corpus to Cannito and Konder subject to the State of Nebraska granting them new trials within ninety days. We reverse with directions to dismiss the petitions.
The facts of these cases are carefully set forth by the district judge in his memorandum dated January 8, 1971, and reported at 321 F.Supp. 798. No useful purpose would be served in repeating the factual situation or the district court’s holdings on five of the six points. We adopt the district court’s findings of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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