Legal Opinion
Knott v. Howard
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided July 22, 1974No. Civ. A. 5170PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAY, District Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq. The petitioner is now serving a life sentence in the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions, in Cranston, Rhode Island, and is in the custody of Warden James Mullen, successor to the respondent. Said life sentence was imposed on the petitioner by the Superior Court of the State of Rhode Island, on April 15, 1970, following his conviction for murder in the first degree by a jury. He seeks to be released from the alleged unlawful custody to which he was…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MeehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Thomas R. Knott, Jr. v. Francis G. Howard, WardenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Vargas v. BrownDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1981