Legal Opinion
Miller v. Sanford
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided January 31, 1945No. 2015 H. CPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSELL, District Judge.
By his petition for the writ of habeas corpus, William Roy Miller asserts that he is illegally detained by the warden of the Atlanta Penitentiary. He states further the commitments under which he is held and attacks their legality. The writ was *814issued and a hearing had and continued to allow the presentation of additional evidence.
The petitioner is held in custody by virtue of two sentences and commitments issued thereon; one from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas, at Dallas, and the other, provided to begin at the expiration of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Cochran v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Boykin v. HuffCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- McDonald v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
- Cochran v. AmrineSupreme Court of Kansas · 1941
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Raymond C. Brown v. C. H. Looney, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
- Thompson v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947