Legal Opinion
Mason McCoy v. E. H. Tucker, Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1958No. 7655PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
Mason McCoy, a prisoner in the West Virginia State Penitentiary, sentenced to a term of five to ten years after pleading guilty to a charge of incest upon his fifteen year old daughter, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. 28 U.S.C.A. Sec. 2253.
Eight times he has unsuccessfully sought relief by writs of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, and three times he has petitioned to the Supreme Court of the United States for certiorari, which has denied his petitions. 348 U.S. 918, 75…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Ex Parte QuirinSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Charles Alexander v. David Harris, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Joseph Hobbs, Jr. v. Vernon L. Pepersack, Warden of the Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Owsley v. CunninghamDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1961
- United States of America Ex Rel. Rushing Greer v. Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
- Manson v. PitchessDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1970
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