Legal Opinion
Harry Lee Johnson v. James Mabry, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1979No. 79-1041PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
Petitioner Harry Lee Johnson appeals from the dismissal by the District Court of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The central issue on this appeal concerns the propriety of a change in a commitment order made at the direction of the state court judge who originally sentenced petitioner. The change purported to correct the original commitment order to reflect that the sentence imposed on petitioner provided for consecutive, rather than concurrent 15-year terms. We affirm the District Court.
On March 21, 1974, petitioner Harry Lee Johnson was convicted of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Hill v. United States Ex Rel. WamplerSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Rowley v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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