Legal Opinion
Application of Johnson
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided May 8, 1957No. Civ. A. 590PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORMAN, Chief Judge.
■ This matter arises on an order to show cause obtained by the petitioner, Lawrence J. Johnson, also known as Lawrence Johnson, Jr., and as Lawrence-Albert. Johnson, on the respondent, William Lagay, Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison Farm at Rahway, New Jersey, why a writ of habeas corpus, should not issue in accordance with his. petition filed herein.
The petitioner, Johnson, has been confined by New Jersey authorities since-1944, when, at the age of 15 years, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The background of the law against which the petition is filed…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Cole v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Wade v. MayoSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States Ex Rel. Almeida v. BaldiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by13 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. JonesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2010
- D'URBANO v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- State v. TominagaHawaii Supreme Court · 1962
- Sims v. Board of Education of Independent Sch. Dist. No. 22District Court, D. New Mexico · 1971
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