Legal Opinion
Arthur v. Schoonfield
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 23, 1970No. Civ. No. 70-834PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
This proceeding has been filed by 43 inmates of the Baltimore City Jail, who 'are serving sentences imposed by various judges of the Municipal Court of Baltimore City.
All have joined in a single petition seeking the issuance by this Court of a writ of habeas corpus. They allege that each petitioner was convicted in the Municipal Court and sentenced to a flat jail sentence, to be “suspended” upon the payment of a specified fine and court costs, and that they are now confined in the Baltimore City Jail because of their inability to pay the fine and costs imposed. They claim that such a sentence…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Williams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Rinaldi v. YeagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Phillip Morris v. Hiram Schoonfield, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Willis Lansing Ganger v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellant(two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Turner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
- Turner v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1985
- Parker v. MandelDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972
- Blackwell v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- (2001), Maryland Attorney General Reports2001
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