Legal Opinion
Paul J. Madigan, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz, California v. Selvie W. Wells
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1955No. 14496_1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from an order entered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Southern Division, two judges acting, granting Wells’ application for a writ of habeas corpus and ordering Wells discharged from custody.
After a plea of guilty, Wells, in 1938, was sentenced to prison by the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. So far as we are concerned, appellee was sentenced upon pleas of guilty to the third count of an indictment charging robbery of a bank and putting the life of a person in jeopardy by the use…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Barrett v. Hunter, Warden. Rutledge v. Hunter, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- Meyers v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Weber v. Steele, Warden, U.S. Medical Center (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Prince v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Roy v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1963
- James D. Booker v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Billy Wayne Sinclair v. State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Tolar v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
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