Legal Opinion
Posey v. Dowd
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 1943PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
The petitioner was convicted in the Criminal Court of Lake County, Indiana, on his plea of guilty, of the crime of kidnaping, lie had no counsel at the trial. When he requested counsel, the prosecuting attorney told him it would be useless, lie told the court he did not know whether he was guilty or not. The court said it could not advise him how to plead, and insisted that he plead to the charge against him. The petitioner entered a plea of guilty and wás sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Prison, of which the respondent, Dowd, is Warden. The petitioner is held by the respondent on…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Craig v. HechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- United States Ex Rel. Bernstein v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1934
- Ex Parte HaumeschCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936
- De Maurez v. SwopeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
- Brosius v. BotkinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- In the Matter of the Requested Extradition of Desmond MacKin by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. United States of America v. Desmond MacKin Desmond MacKin v. George v. Grant, United States Marshal for the Southern District of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Darrel F. Parker v. Maurice M. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Filiberto Ojeda Rios v. George Wigen, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
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