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FRISBIE v. COLLINS.

No. 331.

342 U.S. 519 (1952)

72 S.Ct. 509

96 L.Ed. 541

FRISBIE, WARDEN, v. COLLINS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 10, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund E. Shepherd, Solicitor General of Michigan, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Frank G. Millard, Attorney General, and Daniel J. O'Hara, Assistant Attorney General.

A. Stewart Kerr, acting under appointment by the Court, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Acting as his own lawyer,1 the respondent Shirley Collins brought this habeas corpus case in a United States District Court seeking release from a Michigan state prison where he is serving a life sentence for murder. His petition alleges that while he was living in Chicago, Michigan officers forcibly seized, handcuffed, blackjacked and took...

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