Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Hughes v. Ragen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 1946No. 9051PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner is a prisoner in the Illinois State Penitentiary, serving a sentence of one to twenty years, imposed in October. 1921, pursuant to a judgment of conviction upon his plea of guilty. He sought to obtain his release from the penal institution by petitioning the District Court for a writ of habeas corpus. The District Court dismissed his petition, and from the order of dismissal this appeal followed. The trial judge signed the requisite certificate of probable cause, and this court allows the prosecution of the appeal in forma pauperis.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- White v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Whitten v. BennettCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
- People ex rel. Reno v. RagenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
- United States ex rel. Turner v. BennettCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
3Cited by4 opinions
- Minor Michael Still v. United States Marshal, United States Parole Commission and Denver Sheriff's DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Paul E. Maslauskas, in No. 79-1845 v. U. S. Board of Parole, Paul E. Maslauskas, in No. 79-2139 v. Charles E. Fenton, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Minor Michael Still v. United States Marshal, United States Parole Commission and Denver Sheriff's DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- United States ex rel. Terry v. NierstheimerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1946