Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Lee
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided July 30, 1954No. 454PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAY, District Judge.
This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus by one John H. Lee who is serving a sentence in the Rhode Island State Prison pursuant to the judgment of the Superior Court of the State of Rhode Island following his convic tion by a jury on a charge of committing a criminal abortion.
Although the application is not in artistic form, having been prepared by the petitioner without the aid of legal counsel, this Court has not concerned itself with any technical insufficiencies appearing therein and is fully cognizant of the grounds upon which the petitioner relies as a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Bute v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Foster v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. ChabotSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
- State v. DelaneyOregon Supreme Court · 1960
- People v. BreslinNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
- Bailey v. HensleeDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1958
- John H. Lee v. William C. Kindelan, Warden, Rhode Island State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1954
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