Legal Opinion
Olsen v. Hiatt
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided March 20, 1950No. 2499PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HOOPER, District Judge.
Plaintiff, an inmate of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, brings this petition for writ of habeas corpus against W. H. Hiatt, Warden, alleging in substance the following:
He is imprisoned under a sentence of death imposed March 15, 1945 by an Army Courts Martial at Krcield, Germany, subsequently commuted to life imprisonment. It is alleged his imprisonment is illegal because the General Courts Martial imposing the sentence was not constituted pursuant to the provisions of Article of War 8, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1479. Attached, as exhibits, to his petition are photostatic copies…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hiatt v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Whelchel v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Henry v. HodgesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Hiatt v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- William H. Hiatt, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia v. Robert S. BurchfieldCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
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- United States Ex Rel. Giese v. ChamberlinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950