Legal Opinion

Glen Ray Holscher v. Jack G. Young, Warden and Paul W. Keve, Commissioner of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 6, 1971No. 20506PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of Holscher’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(3). We affirm.

On February 6, 1959 Holscher was convicted of third degree murder and sentenced to a prison term of not less than fourteen nor more than sixty years under two Minnesota statutes which provided that murder in the third degree should be punished by imprisonment for not less than seven nor more than thirty years 1 and that such punishment must be doubled if the person so convicted had been previously convicted of a felony. 2 Since Holscher had…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Holiday v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. United States v. PridgeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. United States of America Ex Rel. Arthur Jackson v. David N. Myers, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
  5. Arley C. Browning v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas,appelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hughes Anderson Bagley, Jr., Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Russell Rogerson and Patsy Bozarth, Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
  2. William Wright v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
  3. Schmanke v. United States Bureau of PrisonsDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1994
  4. Allen Dale Canary v. Dr. David H. Bland, Commissioner of Corrections, Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
  5. Allen Dale Canary v. Dr. David H. Bland, Commissioner of Corrections, Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978

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