366 U.S. 210
Supreme Court of the United States
May 1, 1961
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1961-05-01
Relies on Anderson v. Alabama
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Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1961-05-01
Cited by 73 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2010 · most notably Lanza v. State of New York (1962), Procunier v. Atchley (1971)
27 federal appellate · 34 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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J. W. Maxwell, for appellant.
Harold Henkel Smith, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for the reason that the judgment of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County, State of West Virginia, sought here to be reviewed, is based upon a nonfederal ground adequate to support it.