Legal Opinion
Hall v. Johnston
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 2, 1939No. 8882PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, seeking release on a writ of habeas corpus from the District Court, is imprisoned in the custody of the Warden of the United States Penitentiary at Alcatraz Island, California.
The District Court denied the writ and dismissed the petition. On a former appeal (Hall v. Johnston, 9 Cir., 91 F.2d 363) this court reversed the order denying the petition for the writ, holding that the petition sufficiently alleged a conviction by a judge knowing that the prisoner was insane at the time of his pica of guilty and that under Mooney v. Holohan, 294 U.S. 103, 55 S.Ct. 340,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Hall v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
3Cited by7 opinions
- Edward B. Bishop v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- United States v. RedfieldDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1961
- Frame v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Brewer v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947
- Hall v. JohnstonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1939
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