Legal Opinion
Reed v. Colpoys
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 29, 1938No. 7197PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia discharging a writ of habeas corpus and dismissing the petition for the writ. The appellant was sentenced November 26, 1923, by the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Illinois, to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a period of one to fourteen years for the crime of “assault to rob.” On March 11, 1925, he was paroled in accordance with a parole agreement which he signed and by the terms of which he was permitted to leave the State of Illinois but required to place himself under the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Roberts v. ReillySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Appleyard v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Ex Parte ReggelSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Drinkall v. SpiegelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Hughes v. PflanzCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Self v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1956
- Brewer v. GoffCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1943
- Fowler v. RossCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Commonwealth ex rel. Banks v. HendrickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Ex Parte MorganDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1948
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