Legal Opinion
Dawsett v. Benson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1946No. 10206PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, William Dawsett, appeals from an order of the District Court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 452, 453, 466.
The petition, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, states that the petitioner was sentenced on June 7, 1934 by the Washtenaw County Circuit Court of Michigan to serve a recommended maximum sentence of not more than two years for the crime of forgery, punishable by not more than 14 years, and was confined at Jackson Prison; that on February 6, 1936 he was released to the Warden…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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