Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Stephens
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided July 23, 1965No. PB-65-C-2PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORDON E. YOUNG, District Judge.
This habeas corpus proceeding is brought by petitioner. Clarence Stewart, Jr., a Negro, to set aside his second conviction for murder. 1 He received a death sentence. His conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Arkansas in the case of Stewart v. State, 237 Ark. 748, 375 S.W.2d 804 2
The chronological facts, so far as here pertinent, show that on January 8, 1959, the employees of R. E. Caldwell’s Service Station in North Little Rock, Arkansas discovered the body of William N. Caldwell lying on the floor of his auto parts store. Upon investigation the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Lonnie Mitchell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Clarence Stewart, Jr. v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- United States Ex Rel. Pierce v. PintoDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1966
- State v. BroxtonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
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