Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Knapp
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 1953No. 7978PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
This is an original proceedings in this court on a writ of habeas corpus wherein petitioner seeks release and discharge from the penitentiary. Petitioner was committed and is confined under the authority of Section 18-2505, I.C.
Petitioner, while in custody on a charge of attempted first-degree burglary, effected an escape from the county jail in Lewis County, Idaho. He was later apprehended and charged with the commission of the crime of escape, to which he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the penitentiary for not more than five years.
Petitioner contends that he is entitled…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Graham v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- McDonald v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Sullivan v. AsheSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Moore v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- People v. . SicklesNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. OlsenIdaho Supreme Court · 1982
- Alex v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
- State v. SmallIdaho Supreme Court · 1984
- People v. McKnightSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- Lewis v. Department of Law EnforcementIdaho Supreme Court · 1957
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