Legal Opinion
Harper v. Wall
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 19, 1949No. Civ. A. 529PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORMAN, District Judge.
The petitioner, Julius Vance Harper, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was in the custody of the Sheriff of Middlesex County at New Brunswick, New Jersey, under a warrant issued by the Governor of New Jersey, at the demand of the State of Alabama by reason of the petitioner’s escape from confinement in that State.
The petition recited that his rights were violated at his trial for burglary in the State of Alabama and, that after conviction and confinement in prison and in a prison camp he was subjected to cruel, barbaric and unusual…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Bute v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Uveges v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Wade v. MayoSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- State v. EvansIdaho Supreme Court · 1952
- In Re RiddleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
- In Re JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
- Chapman v. GrahamUtah Supreme Court · 1954
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