Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Shank
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided May 16, 1952No. 283PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWINFORD, District Judge.
James William Mitchell is now held prisoner in the Federal Correctional Institution at Ashland, Kentucky. He is serving a fifteen months sentence imposed by Judge Leslie R. Darr, of the Eastern District of Tennessee. He filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis. He contends that he is entitled to the writ by reason of the following alleged facts:
On December 2, 1946, the petitioner was sentenced to the Tennessee penitentiary for three years by the Tennessee state court on a charge of housebreaking.
On December 4, 1946, the Federal Court at…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ponzi v. FessendenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Zerbst v. McPikeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
- Lunsford v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
- Vanover v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
- Strewl v. McGrath Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. VannDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1962
- Henry Bateman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. HarrisonDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1957
- Monroe Vaughn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. BakerDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1959