TOWNSEND v. SAIN
| Decision Date | 09 March 1959 |
| Citation | 359 U.S. 64 |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Certiorari granted; judgment vacated; and case remanded.
George N. Leighton and William R. Ming, Jr. for appellant.
Benjamin S. Adamowski for respondents.
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is vacated and the case is remanded. United States ex rel. Jennings v. Ragen, Warden, 358 U.S. 276.
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United States ex rel. Townsend v. Twomey
... ... People, Post-conviction No. 846 (Crim. Ct. Cook County, filed April 28, 1958), aff'd, No. 2522 (Ill.Sup.Ct., filed May 23, 1958), cert. denied, Townsend v. Illinois, 358 U.S. 887, 79 S.Ct. 128, 3 L.Ed.2d 115 (1958) ... United States ex rel. Townsend v. Sain, No. 58 C 2140 (N.D.Ill., filed Dec. 15, 1958), appeal dismissed, 265 F.2d 660 (7th Cir. 1958), vacated and remanded, 359 U.S. 64, 79 S.Ct. 655, 3 L.Ed.2d 634 (1959), No. 58 C 2140 (N.D.Ill., filed June 24, 1959), aff'd, 276 F.2d 324 (7th Cir. 1960), rev'd 372 U.S. 293, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d 770 ... ...
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United States v. Hoffa
... ... In a footnote the dissent alludes to the post-conviction proceedings of one Townsend, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, as showing the concern of today's courts for those who are charged with or convicted of crime ... 3 But the law is patient and does not tire of examining into the question of fair trial. The now landmark case of Townsend v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d 770 (1963) involved the claim of unfair trial by one convicted of murder in the first degree. Townsend was ... ...
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Goodwin v. Cardwell
... ... 2 The burdens of these matters may be portrayed by the history of the landmark case of Townsend v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d 770 (1963). In 1955 Townsend was convicted of first degree murder upon jury trial held in the Criminal ... ...
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