Legal Opinion
Farrant v. Bennett
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided January 12, 1966No. Civ. No. 6-1750-C-1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Chief Judge.
On June 30, 1965, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit determined that the petitioner, Edward J. Farrant, should be granted a hearing on his allegation relating to the procedure under which he was sentenced and on the question of whether he had effective assistance of counsel at the time he was sentenced.1 Farrant v. Bennett, 347 F.2d 390 (8th Cir. 1965). Due to petitioner’s request that proceedings be stayed pending his appeal to the Supreme Court of an issue decided adversely to him in the Court of Appeals, this matter did not come on for hearing…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Dowd v. United States Ex Rel. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Chessman v. TeetsSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Herold v. HaughSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- Robert H. Mottram v. Frank F. MurchCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- Blanchard v. BrewerDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1969
- Kibert v. SlaytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1973