Legal Opinion
Douglas v. King
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1940No. 11638PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment denying petition for writ of habeas corpus. Appellant was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire on December 22, 1931, on an indictment charging him with possession and sale of narcotics. On that date he was sentenced to serve a term of eight years and six months in the Federal Prison at Leavenworth, Kansas. While there confined, a Board of Examiners acting under authority of Section 876, Title 18 U.S.C.A., on November 6, 1933, found him to be insane or of unsound mind, and on December 3, 1933,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- King v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Whitney v. ZerbstCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933
- Lee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- United States Ex Rel. Anderson v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935
- Clark v. SurprenantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Donnell Douglas v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Pagliaro v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
- Estabrook v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- United States Ex Rel. Jacobs v. BarcCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- Jones v. PescorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1948
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