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BROOKHART v. JANIS

No. 657.

384 U.S. 1 (1966)

BROOKHART v. JANIS, DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE AND CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Messerman, by appointment of the Court, 382 U.S. 899, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Lawrence Herman, also by appointment of the Court.

Leo J. Conway, Assistant Attorney General of Ohio, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was William B. Saxbe, Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, James Brookhart, while serving the first of three consecutive sentences of from one to 20 years imposed by an Ohio Court of Common Pleas upon convictions of forgery and uttering forged instruments,1 brought this action for habeas corpus in the Supreme Court of Ohio. There is no question raised about that court's jurisdiction. Petitioner charged and contends here that...

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