Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Edwin Walker v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Penna
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 24, 1971No. 19178_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This case challenges a May 22, 1970, district court order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a state prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment for first degree murder on September 9, 1957, after a hearing to determine the degree of murder following the entry of a guilty plea with the advice of counsel. The thorough opinion of Judge Higginbotham, 313 F.Supp. 237, with which, after consideration of the record as well as of the arguments and briefs of counsel, we are in agreement, makes it unnecessary for us to recite the lengthy history of the proceedings…
3Cases cited26 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- United States v. Hugh R. Conway, George M. Lebosky, Robert Davidoff, Hugh R. Conway, in No. 17,369, George M. Lebosky, in No. 17,391Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
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4Cited by10 opinions
- People in Interest of LVASouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. WhitedNebraska Supreme Court · 1971
- United States ex rel. Hayes v. JohnstonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- United States ex rel. Dickens v. RundleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- Grey v. SlaytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1972
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