Legal Opinion
Allen v. MacDougall
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided May 11, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 67-98PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, District Judge.
Petitioner is before the court in forma pauperis seeking a Writ of Habeas Corpus. He is currently serving a sentence in gross of twelve years in the South Carolina Penitentiary after he was tried and found guilty of housebreaking, larceny, and safecracking (with recommendation to mercy) in the Court of General Sessions for Chester County, South Carolina.1 He did not appeal from this conviction. Petitioner now alleges that his confinement by the State of South Carolina is violative of his rights under the Constitution in the following respects :
1) He was not guilty;
2) He…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Pearce v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- James Edward Martin v. Commonwealth of Virginia and C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- State v. WhiteSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1963
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Williams v. SandersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1969
- People v. PetersonNew York Supreme Court · 1977
- Miller v. South CarolinaDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1970
- Williams v. SandersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1969