Johnson v. Zerbst

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1938-05-31

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Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the , Court, Petitioner, while imprisoned in a federal penitentiary, was denied habeas corpus by the District Court. 1 later, *459 that court granted petiti…

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