Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Keating v. Bensinger
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 22, 1971No. 71 C 307PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILL, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
The issue presented by this petition for a writ of habeas corpus is whether a state court’s denial of bail pending appeal to a state prisoner, without any statement of reasons for such denial is, under the circumstances of the present case, an arbitrary denial of bail proscribed by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the petitioner’s constitutional rights were violated and grant his writ of habeas corpus.
The petitioner is presently incarcerated in the Illinois State…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Norman J. Mastrian v. Kermit Hedman, Ramsey County Sheriff, and the State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- American Railway Express Co. v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Floyd Bloss v. People of the State of Michigan, James K. Miller and Ronald ParsonsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Ni Pilkinton v. The Circuit Court of Howell County, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Owens v. BeardDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1993
- Austin Troy Simon v. Albert Woodson, Sheriff of Lamar County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States ex rel. Walker v. TwomeyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Rafael Capella Rivera v. Tomas Concepcion, WardenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- Pérez Aldarondo v. Tribunal SuperiorSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1974
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