Delgado de Jesus v. Smyth

Delgado de Jesus v. Smyth, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary

Delgado de Jesus v. Smyth, 359 U.S. 947 (1959)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: March 23, 1959
Docket: No. 514
Citations: 359 U.S. 94779 S. Ct. 7293 L. Ed. 2d 6801959 U.S. LEXIS 1348

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Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. Certiorari denied.

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(denial of motion to vacate sentence affirmed where the allegation was of confession after 'four hours of intensive interrogation without legal advice or counsel,' but there was a finding in the District Court that there was a 'free and voluntary' plea of guilty)

United States ex rel. Wilbert Ross v. Daniel McMann as Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, N.Y., United States ex rel, 409 F.2d 1016 (2d Cir. 1969)

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United States v. Bentvena193 F. Supp. 485 (S.D.N.Y. 1960)
United States of America ex rel. Wilbert Ross v. Daniel McMann as Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York, United States of America ex rel409 F.2d 1016 (2d Cir. 1969)
Edward Lee Wright v. United States624 F.2d 557 (5th Cir. 1980)
Thomas A. Kent v. United States272 F.2d 795 (1st Cir. 1959)
State v. Hageman296 S.E.2d 433 (N.C. 1982)
James J. Domenica v. United States292 F.2d 483 (1st Cir. 1961)

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German v. United States525 A.2d 596 (D.C. 1987)
People v. Andersen479 N.E.2d 1164 (Ill. App. Ct. 1985)
State v. Hageman296 S.E.2d 433 (N.C. 1982)
Edward Lee Wright v. United States624 F.2d 557 (5th Cir. 1980)
People v. Williams379 N.E.2d 1222 (Ill. App. Ct. 1978)
People v. McClinton375 N.E.2d 1342 (Ill. App. Ct. 1978)

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