PIERCE v. TURNER

No. 739, Misc.

386 U.S. 947 (1967)

PIERCE v. TURNER, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Petitioner pro se. Phil L. Hansen, Attorney General of Utah, for respondent.


Certiorari denied.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS:

Denial of certiorari is proper in this case. I see no constitutional bar to a state court treating a petition for habeas corpus as a petition for rehearing where the habeas corpus petition raises the same questions as an earlier appeal. But federal habeas corpus is not so cramped, and the petitioner can, of course, petition a federal district court for a writ of habeas corpus. The underlying question is whether the ...

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