Legal Opinion
Byrd v. Pescor
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 7, 1947No. 13547PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal in forma pauperis from an order dismissing the petition of Slayton C. Byrd for a writ of habeas corpus.
The petitioner (appellant) was, by an indictment on May 9, 1945, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, charged with having committed a felonious assault at the United States Veterans Facility, near Muskogee, Oklahoma, on March 16, 1945. On May 11, 1945, the petitioner, through his then counsel, entered a plea of not guilty, upon the ground of insanity. On June 21, 1945, the court found petitioner to be insane, and…
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