Supreme Court of the United States, 1962

Whitus v. Balkcom

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 4, 1962 · Frankfurter

370 U.S. 728 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Petitioner pro se., Eugene Cook, Attorney General of Georgia, and Howard P. Wallace, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

Dan Witcher v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary (4th Cir. 1969)
Phil Whitus and Leon Davis v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden, State Penitentiary, Reidsville, Georgia (5th Cir. 1964)
Whitus v. Georgia (Supreme Court of the United States 1966)
United States v. Davis (5th Cir. 1963)
United States ex rel. Rogers v. Davis (5th Cir. 1963)

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and. the.petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia for a hearing on the merits of the petition for writ of habeas corpus.

Mr. Justice Frankfurter took no part in the consideration, or decision of this case.

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