Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Wilkins v. Banmiller
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 25, 1962No. Misc. 2253PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a state prisoner. Relator was indicted for murder and at the time of trial in 1951, he entered a plea of guilty. After a hearing, a three-judge court en banc found relator guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced him to life imprisonment. No appeal was taken at that time.
A petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed in the state court in 1959. That petition was discharged without hearing by the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 of Philadelphia County. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Dorsey v. GillCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. Handy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Petition of Joseph Ernst for a Writ of Habeas CorpusCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- Hudspeth v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States ex rel. Hart v. DavenportCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Ray v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1970
- State Ex Rel. Richmond v. HendersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1969
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. LaRue v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- United States of America Ex Rel. Jeddy Wilkins v. William J. Banmiller, Warden Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
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