Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Tahash
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided May 7, 1968No. 3-67-Civ-209PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
DEVITT, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, an inmate of the Minnesota State Prison at Stillwater, under a sentence of life imprisonment imposed on December 6, 1963 for first degree murder, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus claiming violation of his federal constitutional rights. Following a plea of not guilty, a jury found him guilty of murdering his wife. The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed his conviction on January 18, 1966, State v. Thompson, 273 Minn. 1, 139 N.W.2d 490 (see also 266 Minn. 385, 123 N.W.2d 378).
The United States Supreme Court denied a petition for a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Giles v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by7 opinions
- T. Eugene Thompson v. Bruce McManus Warden, Minnesota State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- In Re Application for Discipline of ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- Thompson v. McManusDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1974
- Thompson v. Zurich InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1970
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