Legal Opinion
Ashley v. Pescor
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1945No. 12911PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order discharging a writ of habeas corpus and restoring appellant to the custody of appellee as warden of the Medical Center for Federal prisoners. Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus charged that he was being illegally restrained of his liberty in violation of his constitutional rights and without due process of law, in that while he was insane he was placed on trial and convicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana for the alleged violation of Section 338, 18 U.S. C.A., under indictment which…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Glasgow v. MoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- People v. PerryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Edward B. Bishop v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Gunther v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Gene A. Krupnick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Harlan Lynn Noble v. Maurice Sigler, Warden, Nebraska State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,530 Lee E. Tarvestad v. United States of America, George A. Wyum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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