Boydston v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
365 F.2d 238 · 1966
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
October 1969
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Escobedo v. Illinois · Johnson v. State of New Jersey · McNally v. Hill · Mullican v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“* * * A prisoner in a penal institution whose sentence is irregular or voidable may not for that reason, and before some court has so adjudged, defy his guards and run away. A difference of opinion might cause a death. Such a doctrine would set discipline at naught. * * * We are of opinion that attempts at escape from such institutions are thereby forbidden to all inmates, and that, if they consider their confinement improper they are bound to take other means to test the question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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