Legal Opinion

Ex parte Adamson

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 11, 1948No. Misc. No. 114PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORR, Circuit Judge.

Admiral Dewey Adamson has applied to me as a judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, for a certificate of probable cause. 28 U.S.C.A. § 466. Applicant was convicted of first degree murder and the death sentence imposed. On appeal the Supreme Court of California affirmed the judgment. People v. Adamson, 27 Cal.2d 478, 165 P.2d 3. The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari and thereafter rendered its decision affirming the judgment of the California courts. Adamson v. California, 332 U.S. 46, 67 S.Ct. 1672, 91 L.Ed. 1903, 71 A.L.R.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Adamson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. House v. MayoSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. People v. AdamsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
  5. Gordon v. ScudderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. AdamsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
  2. Morgan v. HorrallCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
  3. Brite v. People of State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
  4. Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  5. Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953

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