Legal Opinion
Robert Chester Weathers v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1966No. 8467PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
The appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the trial court without a hearing, and this appeal was taken.
Appellant is confined at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. He was originally sentenced to a five year term for a Dyer Act violation, and was paroled in accordance with the mandatory release statute (18 U.S.C. §§ 4163, 4164) having then been in prison some forty-one months. He was on parole for about twelve months when it was revoked, and he was returned to prison where he has now been for some eleven additional months.
Appellant…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Clifford L. Singleton v. Chesley H. Looney, Warden, U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
- Ezekiel Bates v. Hugh F. Rivers, Executive, District of Columbia Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Hicks v. ReidCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Chandler v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by25 opinions
- William Rodger Starnes v. Honorable Matthew F. McGuire Arthur Everett Small, Jr. v. Honorable George L. Hart, JrCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Joseph Orton Smith v. Olin G. Blackwell, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Frederick K. Moore v. P. G. Smith, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Terre Haute, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- William Rodger Starnes v. Honorable Matthew F. McGuire Arthur Everett Small, Jr. v. Honorable George L. Hart, JrCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- G. W. Robinson v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, and United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
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