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IRVIN v. DOWD

No. 63.

359 U.S. 394 (1959)

IRVIN v. DOWD, WARDEN, INDIANA STATE PRISON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Lopp and Theodore Lockyear, Jr. argued the cause for petitioner. With them on the brief was James D. Nafe.

Richard M. Givan, Assistant Attorney General of Indiana, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General of Indiana.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner brought this habeas corpus proceeding in the District Court for the Northern District of Indiana under 28 U. S. C. § 2241,1 claiming that his conviction for murder in the Circuit Court of Gibson County, Indiana, was obtained in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. The District Court dismissed the writ,

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