Irvin v. Dowd

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1959-05-04

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Mr. Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner brought this habeas corpus proceeding in the District Court for the Northern District of Indiana under 28 U. S. C. § 2241 , 1 claiming that his conviction, for murder in the Circuit Court'of Gibson County, Indiana, was obtained in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. <page-numb…

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