Legal Opinion
Davis v. Coiner
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided April 2, 1973No. Civ. A. C-71-13-EPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAXWELL, Chief Judge.
Pursuant to Petitioner’s application for habeas corpus relief, brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq., in the above styled matter, this Court on November 22, 1972, dismissed two of Petitioner’s three allegations, appointed an attorney and scheduled a hearing for his third allegation. Plenary hearings were held and evidence was taken on December 19, 1972, and February 27, 1973.
Petitioner’s contention before the Court is that he was denied equal protection of the law as well as the effective assistance of counsel because of the state court’s application of the provisions of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- James E. Fields v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. GermanyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Robert Williams v. J. R. Martin, Warden, and the Attorney General of the State of South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Orrin Scott Reed, United States of America v. Albert J. BibbyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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