Legal Opinion
Application of Eugene Burwell, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Application of James A. Rogers, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1956No. 462_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Circuit Judge.
Burwell and Rogers have each presented petitions for certificate of probable cause pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2253, to permit them to appeal from an order of the District Court for the Northern District of California, Southern Division, denying their separate petitions for writs of habeas corpus. Both petitioners were convicted of first degree murder in a California Superior Court and sentenced to death. Upon their automatic appeals to the Supreme Court of California the judgments were affirmed. People v. Burwell, 44 Cal.2d 16, 279 P.2d 744. Certiorari to review that…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- People v. BurwellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Gary D. Gardner v. Edwin Pogue, Warden, Nevada State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Charles H. Lunce and John R. Reynolds v. J. Ellis Overlade, Warden of the Indiana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- Burwell v. TeetsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Simos v. GrayDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1973
- John D. Green, Also Known as Jack D. Green, and v. Harley O. Teets, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, AndCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
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