Legal Opinion

Jackson v. Humphrey

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided November 25, 1955No. 282PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOLLMER, District Judge.

The petitioner, now a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, seeking a writ of habeas corpus, was a soldier in the United States Army at the time he was convicted by general court-martial in Korea on June 8, 1951. He was found guilty of the premeditated murder of a Korean woman on March 16, 1951, in violation of Article *777of War 92, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1564*, and of the attempted rape of said person, in violation of Article of War 96, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1568.† The general court-martial sentenced petitioner to be dishonorably discharged, to forfeit all…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Burns v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. Bozza v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. United States Ex Rel. Toth v. QuarlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  4. In Re BonnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. King v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Chester E. Jackson v. John C. Taylor, Acting WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
  3. Frederick H. Wilkinson, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia v. Harriel L. FowlerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  4. Jackson v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1957

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