Legal Opinion
Morton v. Welch
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1947No. 5621PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellant in this habeas corpus case was indicted, tried and convicted in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, for the crime of second-degree murder. The verdict was rendered on December 6, 1943. A motion for a new trial was made and overruled. He was then sentenced to a term in prison of from fifteen years to life. In due course he appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, where, on January 22, 1945, the judgment was affirmed. Morton v. United States, 79 U.S.App.D.C. 329, 147 F.2d 28. At the trial of the case in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Diggs v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Morton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Morgan v. Sun Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Koch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by28 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. Handy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Jesse Root v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- John Lewis Snead v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
- Gary Lee Tompa v. Commonwealth of Virginia Ex Rel. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Ford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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