Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Hiatt
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 15, 1946No. 187PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Donald Hicks, formerly a private in the United States Army presently confined in the United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pa., was convicted of rape by a court-martial at Corby, England, and was sentenced to a term of twenty-five years. He asserts that he was denied due process of law by the military authorities before and during the course of his trial and seeks release by writ of habeas corpus.
From the evidence given at the court-martial it appears that Hicks met the complaining witness in the court-martial proceedings, Mrs. Murray, and her husband…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Dynes v. HooverSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
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3Cited by20 opinions
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