Legal Opinion
Presley v. Pepersack
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 25, 1964No. Civ. 14753PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that on April 11, 1960 he was unconstitutionally convicted of rape and sentenced to death in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. He was tried before Honorable James K. Cullen, Associate Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, and a jury. The offense allegedly occurred on Sunday, January 3, 1960, at a cemetery in Park-ville, Baltimore County, Maryland. The alleged victim was one Barbara Harris, who was eleven years old at the time of the commission of the crime. Petitioner is a white, divorced male,…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MarshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Presley v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1969
- Commonwealth v. CepulonisMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- United States ex rel. Mishkin v. ThomasDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1968
- Presley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1970
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