Legal Opinion
Smith v. Brewer
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided January 17, 1978No. 76-284-2PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HANSON, Senior District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the application for a writ of habeas corpus submitted by Walter Smith, Jr., pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Smith, an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary, attacks his March 20, 1973 conviction for first degree murder in Polk County District Court on the grounds that jury misconduct deprived him of his Sixth Amendment rights as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to be tried by an impartial jury and to confront witnesses against him.
Subsequent to the return of the jury’s guilty verdict, Smith’s counsel…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Clark v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by41 opinions
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