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369 U.S. 436

82 S. Ct. 947

8 L. Ed. 2d 16

Docket No. 396, Misc.

Byrnes v. Walker, Warden

Supreme Court of the United States

April 23, 1962

Supreme Court of the United States · decided April 23, 1962

Relies on Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Herman v. W Claudy

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Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided April 23, 1962

How this case has been cited

Cited by 80 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 1998 · most notably Aguilar v. Texas (1964), Gurleski v. United States (1968)

45 federal appellate · 2 district · 17 state decisions — followed in 13 states

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James Byrnes, pro se.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, scallan E. Walsh, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Albin P. Lassister, for respondent.

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

PER CURIAM.

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The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded for a hearing. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Herman v. Claudy, 350 U.S. 116, 76 S.Ct. 223, 100 L.Ed. 126.

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Mr. Justice FRANKFURTER took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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