Legal Opinion
Davis v. Pitchess
District Court, C.D. California
Decided January 9, 1974No. Civ. 71-2288-F(T)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER MODIFYING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
FERGUSON, District Judge.
This opinion and order is made with reference to the following facts:
1. Following his conviction for rape in the Los Angeles Superior Court and exhaustion of state remedies, petitioner filed in this court a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
2. This court on September 22, 1972 found that the Due Process Clause was violated at his state court trial when police laboratory reports which analyzed vaginal smear slides and an undergarment of the prosecuting witness were wrongfully suppressed by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Industrial Building Materials, Inc. v. Interchemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Harris v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Samuel Houston Coleman v. Michael O'leary, Warden, Stateville Correctional Center, and Attorney General of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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