Legal Opinion
Francis Hamilton Griswold v. Frank A. Eyman, Warden, Arizona State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 10, 1972No. 25930PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:
Griswold appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On March 18, 1966, he plead guilty to a charge of second-degree murder, reduced from the prior charge of murder in the first degree. His sentence was affirmed by the Arizona Supreme Court. State v. Griswold, 101 Ariz. 577, 422 P.2d 693 (1967).
In April, 1968, appellant filed a petition for a writ of coram nobis in the Arizona Supreme Court. The court issued the writ and directed the superior court of Apache County to hold a hearing and decide two issues: (1) whether Gris-wold fully understood…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Halliday v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- State v. GriswoldArizona Supreme Court · 1969
- Commodore William Moss v. Walter E. Craven, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Griswold v. GomesArizona Supreme Court · 1974
- Francis Hamilton Griswold v. Frank A. Eyman, Warden, Arizona State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- United States ex rel. Chruscial v. WaltersDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1973