Legal Opinion
Lowe v. Caldwell
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided November 6, 1973No. Civ. A. 3078PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.
Joseph Lowe was convicted in Chath-am Superior Court of the murder of his wife and of arson. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and to three years on the arson charge. He has filed a § 2254 petition in this Court for the writ of habeas corpus. It is confined to the claim of unconstitutional search and seizure of his automobile resulting in removal therefrom by the police of a packet containing personal papers.
The theory of the prosecution was that the accused burned down his house after killing his wife. At the scene of the fire Sergeant Lowery removed…
2Cases cited55 opinions
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3Cited by5 opinions
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