Legal Opinion
Pearce v. Cox
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1965No. Nos. 8142, 8145, 8146, 8148, 8149, 8151, 8170, 8182, 8186, 8213, 8221, 8239, 8240, 8246, 8247, 8252, 8256, 8261, 8267PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORIE L. PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
These are appeals from orders denying relief on applications for writs of habeas corpus by persons confined under judgments and sentences of New Mexico state courts.
At the hearings below, each applicant was represented by counsel and was accorded an evidentiary hearing at which he testified in his own behalf.
The several appeals involve many common questions of law and like questions of fact and were consolidated for argument.
The Applicable Principles of Law We shall first undertake to set forth the applicable principles of law and then deal with each case…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Rice v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hebert v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Bute v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Highland Farms Dairy, Inc. v. AgnewSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Goldsby v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by56 opinions
- John A. Mitchell v. Bruce King, Governor of the State of New MexicoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Stockwell v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 1977
- Neller v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- James Claude Lattin v. Harold A. Cox, Warden, New Mexico State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
- David Martin Goldsmith v. Lawrence Cheney, Sheriff of Teton County, WyomingCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
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