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JACKSON v. TAYLOR

No. 619.

353 U.S. 569 (1957)

JACKSON v. TAYLOR, ACTING WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Urban P. Van Susteren argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Ralph S. Spritzer argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Olney, Beatrice Rosenberg and James W. Booth.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which petitioner, a soldier, attacks the validity of a sentence of 20 years he is now serving as the result of his conviction by an Army court-martial of the offense of attempted rape. While serving in the United States Army in Korea, he was found guilty by a general court-martial of the separate offenses of premeditated murder and attempted rape of a Korean woman. He was given...

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