Legal Opinion

Floyd Cato v. Ralph W. Alvis, Warden, Ohio State Penitentiary

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 4, 1961No. 14278_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CECIL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the District Court, for the Eastern Division, of the Southern District of Ohio.

The Petitioner-Appellant is confined in the Ohio State Penitentiary on conviction of a three-count indictment from the Court of Common Pleas, of Erie County, Ohio.

The appellant’s conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals of Erie County, and the Supreme Court of Ohio, Cato v. State, 167 Ohio St. 320, 147 N.E.2d 857, dismissed the appeal. His petition to the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  5. Lyons v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1944

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3Cited by3 opinions

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  2. State v. SampsonOhio Court of Appeals · 1982
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