Legal Opinion
Watson v. Nix
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided February 9, 1982No. Civ. 81-351-DPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
VIETOR, District Judge.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 brought by an inmate of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa, where respondent Crispus Nix is the warden. 1 Petitioner is serving a sentence of 20 years in prison imposed on February 18, 1975, by Iowa District Judge M.C. Herrick after petitioner was found guilty by a jury of assault with intent to commit rape in violation of Iowa Code § 698.4 (1973). The conviction was affirmed by the Iowa Supreme Court. State v. Watson, 242 N.W.2d 702 (Iowa…
2Cases cited77 opinions
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- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Johnson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by35 opinions
- State v. CasadySupreme Court of Iowa · 1992
- United States v. Norma HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
- John Andrew Ward v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Dept. Of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Moriarty v. SSADistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 2008
- Montore v. SSADistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 2012
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