Legal Opinion

Hawk v. Jones

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 18, 1947No. 13454PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Per curiam

This is an appeal from a dismissal of an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The trial court h.eld that it was without jurisdiction to entertain the application, because, as its opinion discusses (Hawk v. Olson, D.C.Neb., 66 F.Supp. 195), appellant, a state prisoner, had not exhausted his possible state remedies, by an application for a writ of error coram nobis in the courts of Nebraska.

Appellant is an inmate of the penitentiary of Nebraska, under a life sentence by the courts of the State, for a conviction of murder. He has made other applications for a writ of habeas corpus, both to…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. Woods v. NierstheimerSupreme Court of the United States · 1946

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Chaffee v. JohnsonDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1964
  2. Hawk v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Nichols v. McGeeDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1959
  4. Hawk v. HannDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1952
  5. Washington v. SmythCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948

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