Legal Opinion

Grady Asbon Cox v. John C. Burke, Warden, Wisconsin State Prison

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 25, 1966No. 15422_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial by the district court of the petition of Grady Asbon Cox for a writ of habeas corpus.

Cox is presently in custody in Wisconsin pursuant to a judgment of conviction entered by a Wisconsin state court on his plea of guilty to the charge of rape. After an examination and a finding that Cox was in need of specialized treatment, he was committed on September 11, 1958 to the sex deviate facility of the State Department of Public Welfare at the Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wisconsin, under section 959.15(6), Wis.Stats.

In 1964, Cox made…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Robert L. Butler v. John C. Burke, Warden, Wisconsin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Henry Molignaro v. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. Stringer v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1994
  3. United States of America Ex Rel. Edward Curtis v. People of the State of Illinois and John J. Twomey, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
  4. Burbey v. BurkeDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1969
  5. Charles H. Creighbaum v. Warden John C. BurkeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968

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