Legal Opinion
Robert Hawkins v. John E. Bennett, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1970No. 19719_1PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa denying, without an evidentiary hearing, appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
Appellant pled guilty to a charge of first degree murder in the District Court for Johnson County, Iowa, on May 17, 1926, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Iowa State Penitentiary. No appeal was taken from that judgment.
In July of 1966, some 40 years after his conviction, appellant filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Ex Parte VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Robert Anderson v. Robert A. Heinze, Warden, Folsom State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by106 opinions
- Paul T. Williams v. Larry SimsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Billy Joe Tyler v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- In the Matter of John Parker, on Habeas Corpus. State of South Dakota and Don R. Erickson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Orville Leland Davis v. Adult Parole AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Robert Glen Sutton and Paul S. Sutton v. Russell E. Lash, Warden, Indiana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
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