Legal Opinion
Louis Wilson v. State of Nebraska, Maurice H. Sigler, Warden of the Nebraska State Penitentiary, Lincoln, Nebraska
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 24, 1963No. 17228PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
On October 16, 1961, Louis Wilson was tried before a jury in the State District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, and found guilty of robbery. On December 7, 1961, he was sentenced to confinement in the Nebraska State Penitentiary for a term of five years. He and a co-defendant, Homer Charles Smith, appealed from the judgment of conviction to the Supreme Court of Nebraska. That court, in State v. Wilson, 1962, 174 Neb. 86, 115 N.W.2d 794, affirmed the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Ex Parte HardingSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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- Smith v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1901
- Estes F. Bright v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Martis C. Scalf v. John E. Bennett, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Parker v. SwensonDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1971
- Donald Gene Durham v. Edward E. Haynes, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
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