Legal Opinion
King v. Cook
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided July 12, 1968No. GC 6828PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
READY, Chief Judge.
Willie Edward Ring was confined to the Mississippi State Penitentiary upon a criminal conviction, at the time of filing in this court of his petition for habeas corpus and for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Invoking the authority of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1964), petitioner alleges that his custody is in violation of his rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
A brief statement of the factual background of this case follows. On March 13, 1967, the grand jury of Quitman County, Mississippi, returned a grand larceny…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Clyde Harvey v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Aubrey Pate v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by14 opinions
- In Re HillMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Gilliard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Howard Minor v. Eddie Lucas, Warden, Mississippi State Penitentiary, RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Keller v. RomeroMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
- Henry v. WilliamsDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1969
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