Legal Opinion
John Buford Gibson v. C. H. Looney, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1958No. 5847PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal is from an order diseharg-ing a writ of habeas corpus and remanding the petitioner to the custody of the Warden of the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas,
The facts are not in dispute. The petitioner was sentenced to four years imprisonment in May, 1939, and escaped while serving this sentence. After ap prehension in January, 1940, he was sentenced to five years imprisonment for the escape. The escape sentence was “to commence when and as the sentence being served at the time of his escape has terminated”. On the same day he was also sentenced on two other…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Zerbst v. KidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. DaughertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Grant v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
- Mills v. AderholdCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Ong v. Hunter, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Rudolph James Anderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- Robert Chester Weathers v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
- Aaron Bruce Gregory v. United States GovernmentCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
- Harold C. Hoover v. J. C. Taylor, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- Sammy Joe Downey v. J. C. Taylor, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
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