Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Smith v. Hendrick
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 31, 1966No. Misc. No. 3066PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
Relator seeks a writ of habeas corpus on the asserted grounds that, (1) his plea of guilty was not knowingly and understandingly entered; and (2) he was not represented by counsel at the time of re-sentencing.
I. PLEA OF GUILTY
Relator was indicted for conspiracy, robbery, assault and battery, and carrying a concealed weapon. At his non-jury trial, he was represented by Herbert G. Hardin, Esquire, who was an experienced criminal lawyer and an old friend of relator’s family who knew relator personally. Smith had specifically requested that Hardin…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- George Richard Heiden, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Barnosky v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Crosby v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Commonwealth ex rel. Hilberry v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Albert B. Crosby v. Joseph R. Brierley, Superintendent, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- James Milton Waddy and James Barrow Ransom v. Henry Heer, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- United States ex rel. McArthur v. RundleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- United States ex rel. Young v. MaroneyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1969
- United States of America Ex Rel. James I. Smith v. Edward J. HendrickCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
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