Legal Opinion

Arley C. Browning v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas,appellee

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided February 9, 1966No. 8191_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

The district court denied habeas corpus relief to appellant Browning, a prisoner in the Kansas State Penitentiary. Our concern is with a life sentence as an habitual criminal. 1

In January, 1957, after a jury trial, Browning received a variety of sentences all of which have been served except the life term. He unsuccessfully appealed from his conviction and thereafter made many attempts to secure post-conviction relief in both state and federal courts. 2

On his first appeal to this court 3 we rejected the claim that the life term was invalid because of procedural…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. United States v. PridgeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. Potucek v. Cordeleria LourdesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Robinson v. YorkDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1968
  2. Francisco Gallegos v. Harold A. Cox, Warden, New Mexico State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  3. James G. Perry v. Sherman A. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
  4. Billy Ray Adams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
  5. Quirino Larry Acuna v. J. E. Baker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969

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