Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Rivers v. Myers
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 20, 1967No. Nos. 15376, 15377PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FORMAN, Circuit Judge.
These cases involve appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granting in part the petition of George Lee Rivers for a writ of habeas corpus. In No. 15377, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appeals from that part of the order implementing the District Court’s holding that two confessions given by the petitioner were unconstitutionally obtained. In No. 15376, the relator appeals from that part of the order based on the District Court’s finding that the relator was not incompetent to enter a guilty…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. RedlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- State v. SwartzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- United States ex rel. Brown v. RundleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
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