Legal Opinion
Sigler v. Parker
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 2, 1970No. 743PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Per curiam
In 1956 respondent was found guilty in a Nebraska court of first-degree murder; he was sentenced to life imprisonment. After exhausting his post-conviction remedies under Nebraska law, respondent petitioned the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska for a writ of habeas corpus. After an evidentiary hearing, the District Court dismissed the petition. One of the issues presented to the District Court was the volun-tariness of confessions used against respondent at his trial. Relying on the findings of the state court in a *4831965 post-conviction proceeding, the District…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Darrel F. Parker v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- State v. ParkerNebraska Supreme Court · 1966
3Cited by54 opinions
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands v. Mariano Faisao MendiolaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Swenson v. StidhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State v. KellySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
- James Leroy Iverson v. State of North DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- State v. PhippsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
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