Legal Opinion

Holiday v. Johnston

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 2, 1941No. 14, OriginalPublishedCited by 303 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr! Justice Roberts

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner applied to the District Court for the Northern District of California for a writ of habeas corpus. His petition alleged that he was unlawfully detained by the respondent in Alcatraz Penitentiary; that he had been indicted in the District Court for North Dakota under an Act of May 18, 1934, § 2, 1 the indictment being in two counts, one for robbery of an insured bank and the other for jeopardizing the lives of officials of the bank in the course of the robbery; that he pleaded guilty to both counts and was sentenced to ten…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. In Re 620 Church Street Building Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936

3Cited by303 opinions

  1. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Walter Gordon v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner Joe Martin, Warden, Wayne Stephen Young v. George H. Collins, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
  3. Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952

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