MCINTOSH EX REL. MCINTOSH
v.
STEELE

8th Cir. | 1950-10-24
No. 14175
184 F.2d 723 United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1950) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The court held that the father's argument regarding the invalidity of the statutes under the Christoffel doctrine was without merit.


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Wade Hampton McIntosh petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus for his son, Charles L. McIntosh, who was imprisoned under sentences based on specific fe…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order denying the petition of Wade Hampton McIntosh for a writ of habeas corpus for the release of his son, Charles L. McIntosh, from the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, at Springfield, Missouri. The son of the appellant is the Charles Lee McIntosh referred to in the opinion of this Court, McIntosh v. Steele, Warden, 184 F. 2d 721, affirming an order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The facts relative to his detention are stated in that opinion.

The appellant’s contention is that the statutes upon which the sentences under which his son is confined in the United States Medical Center at Springfield were based, namely, § 408, Title 18 U.S.C., and § 753h, Title 18 U.S.C.,1 were invalid under what he calls the “Christoffel doctrine.” See Christoffel v. United States, 338 U.S. 84, 69 S.Ct. 1447.

Assuming, without deciding, that a father may apply for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of an adult son who is able to speak for himself and persistently does so, the appellant is clearly mistaken in believing that the ruling of the Supreme Court in Christoffel v. United States, 338 U.S. 84, 69 S.Ct. 1447, either requires or would justify the invalidation of the statutes for the violation of which Charles Lee McIntosh was sentenced to imprisonment.

The order appealed from is affirmed.

. 1948 Revised Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 2311-2313 and § 751.


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