Jackson v. Taylor

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1957-07-08

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Mr. Justice Clark delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which petitioner, a soldier, attacks the validity of a sentence of 20 years he is now serving as the result of his conviction by an Army court-martial of the offense of attempted rape. While serving in the United States Army in Korea, he was found guilty by a general court-martial of the separate offenses of premeditated…

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