Legal Opinion
Brown v. Hiatt
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided November 17, 1948No. 2320PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UNDERWOOD, District Judge.
On January 14, 1947, petitioner was, after trial and conviction, sentenced by a General Court-Martial sitting at Mannheim, Germany, to life imprisonment upon the charge of murder.
The finding of guilty was by a two-thirds vote of the members present and the sentence was imposed by a vote of three-fourths of the members of the Coürt present at the time the vote was taken. The findings and 'sentence were duly approved by the Board of Review and the sentence was later reduced to a term of twenty years.
Petitioñer alleges as grounds for writ of habeas corpus that the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dynes v. HooverSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
- Runkle v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- McClaughry v. DemingSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- United States v. Atlantic Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Brown v. KeeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hiatt v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Alvin W. Dodson, Jr. v. Colonel Gordon N. Zelez, CommandantCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. WalkerUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1957
- Fugate v. HiattDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1949
- Sinclair v. HiattDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1949
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