Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Thompson v. Price
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 25, 1957No. Civ. A. No. 16335PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARSH, District Judge.
In May, 1956, relator was convicted for the second time on a murder indictment and sentenced to death in the Court of Oyer & Terminer of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.1 He now petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, asserting that he was deprived of the due process guaranteed to him under the Constitution of the United States, Const. Amend. 14 for the reason that the trial court admitted into evidence the record of three court martial convictions during the Commonwealth’s case in chief.
He contends that admitting the court martial record of crimes disassociated with that…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Brown v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Grafton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- United States of America Ex Rel. Cleveland Thompson v. Charles L. Dye, Warden, Allegheny County JailCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Odell v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States ex rel. Thompson v. PriceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
- United States ex rel. Green v. McMannDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- United States ex rel. Schuck v. MaroneyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
- United States v. PriceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958