Legal Opinion

Raymond L. Kasey v. E. R. Goodwyn, Jr., Warden, Federal Reformatory, Petersburg, Virginia

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 27, 1961No. 8338PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from an order of the District Court whereby the petition of Raymond L. Kasey, formerly a soldier in the United States Army, for a writ of habeas corpus was dismissed. Kasey was confined in the Federal Reformatory at Petersburg, Virginia, under a sentence of imprisonment for fifteen years after conviction by an army court-martial of the crime of rape upon a German girl. By order of the District Judge he was permitted to file a petition in forma pauperis to which the custodian of the reformatory in an answer set out the proceedings of the court-martial…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. Burns v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Moore v. DempseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  4. Robert W. Burns v. Charles E. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  5. United States v. CarterUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1958

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Denzil R. Allen v. Rolland F. Vancantfort, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
  2. Ignatius j.broussard, Jr. v. Roderick r.patton, Col., United States Air Force, Base Comm., MafbCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
  3. Alan Dorrbecker v. Kevin HowardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2026
  4. Ignatius j.broussard, Jr. v. Roderick r.patton, Col., United States Air Force, Base Comm., MafbCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
  5. James Gordon and Edward L. Brown v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961

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