Thomas William Bonnie v. Clarence T. Gladden

Thomas William Bonnie was convicted and sentenced under the Oregon Contribution of Delinquency Statute O.R.S. 167.210. He sought habeas corpus relief in federal district court, presenting a substantial argument that as interpreted by the Supreme Court of Oregon in State v. Stone, 111 Or. 227, 226 P. 430 (1924), the Oregon statute lacks legally fixed standards of guilt and is therefore void under the Fourteenth Amendment. Giaccio v. State of Pennsylvania, 382 U.S. 399, 402-403, 86 S.Ct. 518, 15 L.Ed.2d 447 (1966). The district court denied relief.

While his appeal was pending in this court,…