Legal Opinion
Trotter v. Stephens
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided April 30, 1965No. PB-64-C-62, PB-64-C-63PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORDON E. YOUNG, District Judge.
This habeas corpus proceeding is brought by petitioners, who were tried, together and convicted for the crime of rape in the Circuit Court of Drew County, Arkansas, on April 11, 1963, and sentenced to death. The convictions were affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court in the case of Trotter and Harris v. State, 237 Ark. 820, 377 S.W.2d 14 (1964), cert. denied 379 U.S. 890, 85 S.Ct. 163, 13 L.Ed.2d 94 (1964). By order of this Court executions were stayed and a hearing held on the consolidated petitions consistent with the principles laid down by the United States…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by34 opinions
- People v. WebbCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- People v. TealeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Harry William Theriault v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Lonnie Mitchell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Harris v. StephensCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
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