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Chism v. Koehler

District Court, W.D. Michigan

Decided April 18, 1975No. M-74-29CA-2PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RALPH M. FREEMAN, District Judge.

This is a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by Enoch D. Chism who has been convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the death of one Mrs. Nola Puyear. The decedent was killed on August 18, 1967 as she opened a package which had just been delivered to her through the mail. It was an innocent looking package marked “books”, but which in fact contained an explosive device. Trial evidence showed that the package had been mailed in Marshall, Michigan and was delivered to Mrs. Puyear at the restaurant owned and operated by her and her husband in…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Strunk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers, Local 283 v. ScofieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Atkins v. MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
  2. Atkins v. People Of MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
  3. Day v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. People v. LowensteinMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. Chism v. KoehlerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976

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