BURWELL

v.

CALIFORNIA

Citator

Cited By

• Burwell v. Harley O. Teets, 245 F.2d 154 (9th Cir. 1957)
  …the case to the jury. The jury passed upon the facts and imposed the penalty of death. The Supreme Court of California unanimously rendered a lengthy and carefully considered opinion. People v. Burwell, 44 Cal.2d 16, 279 P. 2d 744; certiorari denied 349 U.S. 936, 75 S.Ct. 788, 99 L.Ed. 1265. The United States District Court reviewed the record, which was before the state courts only. Defendants did not introduce new proofs before that tribunal. Upon this record, habeas corpus was denied. All these judges ar…

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• Application of Eugene Burwell, 236 F.2d 770 (9th Cir. 1956)
  …rt and sentenced to death. Upon their automatic appeals to the Supreme Court of California the judgments were affirmed. People v. Burwell, 44 Cal.2d 16, 279 P. 2d 744. Certiorari to review that decision was denied by the United States Supreme Court. 349 U.S. 936, 75 S.Ct. 788, 99 L.Ed. 1265. In May, 1955, when they made their applications for writs of habeas corpus, petitioners obtained from the district court a stay of execution for a period of time sufficient to permit the district court to hear such app…
• Irvin v. Dowd, 271 F.2d 552 (7th Cir. 1959)
  …as to strip the trial of due process. This conclusion finds support in Burwell v. Teets, 9 Cir., 245 F. 2d 154, 168, certiorari denied 355 U.S. 896, 78 S.Ct. 271, 2 L.Ed.2d 194; People v. Burwell, 44 Gal. 2d 16, 279 P. 2d 744, 756, certiorari denied 349 U.S. 936, 75 S.Ct. 788, 99 L.Ed. 1265. In United States ex rel. Darcy v. Handy, 351 U.S. 454, 462, 76 S.Ct. 965, 970, 100 L.Ed. 1331, the court said: “Petitioner has been given ample opportunity to prove that he has been denied due process of law. While th…