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Blanchard v. Bennett

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 6, 1969No. 53560PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, Justice.

The sole question presented by this ha-beas corpus action is whether plaintiff, Eugene Blanchard, is entitled to release from custody because his retained counsel failed to comply with the statutory procedure re quired to perfect an appeal from a criminal conviction.

Plaintiff was convicted of criminal solicitation upon a jury trial in Lee County District Court. Sentence of a term not to exceed five years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison was imposed February 14, 1968. Code section 724.2. Plaintiff professed his innocence and notified his retained attorney, Neil McManus,…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Kaufman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. United States v. D. Spencer Grow and C. Oran MensikCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
  5. W. C. Dodd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Herbert Eugene Blanchard v. Lou v. Brewer, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
  2. State v. HorseySupreme Court of Iowa · 1970
  3. Blanchard v. BrewerDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1969
  4. In Re the Adoption of BlanchardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1970
  5. Cleesen v. BrewerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969

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