Legal Opinion
Washington v. Smyth
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1948No. 5726PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CÚRIAM.
This is an appeal by the petitioner, William Washington, from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, entered December 31, 1947, refusing to issue a writ- of habeas corpus.
Petitioner is n'ow being held in the Virginia State Penitentiary as a result of two convictions in the Corporation Court of the City of Newport News, Virginia. No attempt has been made by petitioner to secure a writ of habeas corpus from .any court of the State of Virginia.
It has frequently been held that the availability of the writ of habeas corpus in a federal court…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- White v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hawk v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
3Cited by7 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Montgomery v. RagenDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1949
- A. Matthew Buder v. Thomas E. Bell, Sheriff of Genesee County, MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Hopson v. SmythCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Aldine T. Caroll v. Col. E. T. Swenson, Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Beavers v. SmythCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
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