Legal Opinion
Normandale v. Hiatt
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1954No. 14815PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Claiming that he was being illegally detained by the Warden of the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, appellant, petitioner below, filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus, on August 18, 1953, to obtain release from cus tody. His claim was: that from the day of his return to the penitentiary on August 5, 1950, pursuant to the writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum issued by the United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, he had been serving concurrently the second sentence of five years and six months imposed on him on July 29,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Zerbst v. KidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Tippitt v. WoodCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- Hammerer v. HuffCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
3Cited by3 opinions
- Charles O. Williamson v. F. T. Wilkinson, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- James Delbert Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- James Delbert Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969