Legal Opinion
Cain v. Benson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1947No. 10572PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner was tried and convicted of an offense defined by § 531 of the Michigan Penal Code, Comp.Laws Supp.1940, § 17115-531, Stat.Ann. 28.799. This section creates the crime of larceny with intent in its commission to maim, injure or wound any persons, to compel them to disclose or surrender the means of opening a bank, safe, vault or other depository of valuables. The maximum penalty for its commission is imprisonment in a state prison for life.
The information charged the petitioner with confining, maiming, injuring and wounding certain persons for the purpose of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Dawsett v. BensonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1946
3Cited by1 opinion
- Henry R. Anderson v. William L. Jones, Warden, Kentucky State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960