Daniels v. Allen Speller v. Allen Brown v. Allen United States Smith v. Baldi

Decision Date09 February 1953
Docket NumberNos. 20,22,31 and 32,s. 20
CitationDaniels v. Allen Speller v. Allen Brown v. Allen United States Smith v. Baldi, 344 U.S. 443, 73 S.Ct. 437, 97 L.Ed. 469 (1953)
PartiesBennie DANIELS and Lloyd Ray Daniels, Petitioners, v. Robert A. ALLEN, Warden, Central Prison of the State of North Carolina. Raleigh SPELLER, Petitioner, v. Robert A. ALLEN, Warden, Central Prison of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina. Clyde BROWN, Petitioner, v. Robert A. ALLEN, Warden, Central Prison of the State of North Carolina. UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. James SMITH, Petitioner, v. Dr. Frederick S. BALDI, Superintendent of the Philadelphia County Prison
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

Mr. Justice FRANKFURTER.

The course of litigation in these cases and their relevant facts are set out in Mr. Justice REED's opinion.This opinion is restricted to the two general questions which must be considered before the Court can pass on the specific situations presented by these cases.The two general problems are these:

I.The legal significance of a denial of certiorari, in a case required to be presented here under the doctrine of Darr v. Burford, 339 U.S. 200, 70 S.Ct. 587, 94 L.Ed. 761, when an application for a writ of habeas corpus thereafter comes before a district court.*

II.The bearing that the proceedings in the State courts should have on the...

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