Legal Opinion
Pinto v. Pierce
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 1967No. 284PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Per curiam
Respondent was indicted by the grand jury of Essex County, New Jersey, on July 2, 1959, for the crime of robbery while armed. Following a plea of not guilty, he was tried before a jury, convicted and sentenced to a term of from 16 to 23 years in the New Jersey State Prison. On June 6, 1966, respondent filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The District Judge determined from the transcript of respondent’s trial that the trial court had heard in the presence of the jury testimony regarding the voluntariness of an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. CarignanSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United States Ex Rel. Pierce v. PintoDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1966
- State v. BroxtonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967
3Cited by129 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Watkins v. SowdersSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States of America Ex Rel. Edward Bennett No. H-6720 v. Alfred T. Rundle, Warden of Eastern Correctional Institute, Graterford, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Haggard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1971
- Dempsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
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