Legal Opinion
Paul v. Waters, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1953No. 4623PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from an order denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus.
Paul, the petitioner, was charged by an information filed in the District Court of Washington County, Oklahoma, with the offense of murder. On July 28, 1926, he appeared in open court and entered a plea of guilty to the information and was sentenced to imprisonment for life.
As grounds for the writ he set up that he was induced to enter the plea of guilty through threats, intimidation, and coercion of the County Sheriff and state officials. An application for a writ of habeas corpus predicated on substantially…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ex Parte PaulCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
- Pohl v. AchesonSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
3Cited by2 opinions
- Charles H. Lunce and John R. Reynolds v. Alfred F. Dowd, Warden of the Indiana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
- Moore v. FrazierDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1970