Legal Opinion
In Re Hunt
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided October 25, 1967No. Civ. A. 30346PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
TALBOT SMITH, District Judge.
In this case we must consider the application of the “Great Writ” 1 in the most delicate of circumstances, involving the relationship of a lower Federal Court to the legal process of a sovereign state. Arizona has tried the petitioner, on a felony charge, in absentia, (a procedure permitted by Arizona law) and has convicted her. She is in Michigan, before this Court, her extradition having been requested and ordered. She argues that such a trial has not afforded her due process, and if she is returned to Arizona all that remains is to sentence…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State of Arizona, Intervenor-Appellant v. Ernestine W. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
- Holmes v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1969
- State v. TaylorArizona Supreme Court · 1969
- United States ex rel. Hammershoy v. Director of Connecticut Correctional CenterDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1969
- State v. HuntCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1970
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