Legal Opinion
Chapman v. Scott
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 14, 1925No. 2997PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
On April 4, 1925, the relator was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree by a jury in the superior court for Hartford county, in the state of Connecticut, and now seeks, by this writ of habeas corpus, to avoid the sentence of death which was imposed by that court in conformity with the local law. The record upon which his prayer for relief is predicated discloses the following pertinent facts:
In August, 1922, Gerald Chapman was convicted of the crime of robbery of mail matter, and of having placed the life of a mail carrier in jeopardy, and on August 23,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Ponzi v. FessendenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
- Knote v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- State v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Roberts v. . the StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
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3Cited by26 opinions
- State v. ReedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- Konigsberg v. CicconeDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1968
- United States v. GernieDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
- Wilkins v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
- Pon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
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