Legal Opinion
Brown v. Heyd
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 7, 1967No. Misc. 1275PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge:
Robert L. Brown was charged in a Louisiana court with unlawful possession of heroin. 1 He was convicted, and sentenced to serve ten years. The conviction was affirmed by the Louisiana Supreme Court. 2 Following the pattern that has apparently become standard, 3 Brown now seeks habeas corpus.
Most of the facts found by the Louisiana Supreme Court are not seriously disputed. On May 26, 1966, the Narcotics Squad of the New Orleans Police Department received information that a school bus driver was delivering what the school children described as pills. The police arrested…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- Louis A. Heyd, Jr., Sheriff, Parish of Orleans, Louisiana v. Robert L. Brown and William J. HadrickCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Dupont v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
- Cleophus Young v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Fisher v. ScafatiDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1969
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