WESTON

v.

SIGLER, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By

• FAY v. Noia, 372 U.S. 391 (U.S. 1963)
  …or proceeding in a Federal District Court on habeas corpus to make a proper record. Bullock v. South Carolina, 365 U. S. 292. And so in a number of cases the Court has apparently excused compliance with the requirement. See, e. g., Weston v. Sigler, 361 U. S. 37; Bailey v. Arkansas, 358 U. S. 869; Poret v. Sigler, 355 U. S. 60; Massey v. Moore, 348 U. S. 105. Cf. Thomas v. Arizona, 356 U. S. 390, 392, n. 1. The same practice has sometimes been followed in the Federal District Courts. See Reitz, Federal Habe…
• United States ex rel. Ronald H. Connelly v. Cormier, 279 F.2d 37 (5th Cir. 1960)
  …her being by habeas corpus, as provided in LSA-Revised Statutes, Title 15, Sections 113 and 114. . Other than those involving “special circumstances.” See Darr v. Burford, 1950, 339 U.S. 200, 210, 70 S.Ct. 587, 94 L.Ed. 761; Weston v. Sigler, 1959, 361 U.S. 37, 80 S.Ct. 141, 4 L.Ed.2d 111, considered in connection with Weston v. Walker, 1959, 361 U.S. 876, 80 S.Ct. 141, 4 L.Ed.2d 115. . See Irvin v. Dowd, 1959, 350 U.S. 394, 405, 79 S.Ct. 825, 3 L.Ed.2d 900.…
• The United States v. Sigler, 308 F.2d 946 (5th Cir. 1962)
  …, 262 F. 2d 519. On cer-tiorari the Supreme Court vacated the judgment of this Court and remanded the case to the district court with instructions to hear on the merits the application of Weston for a writ of habeas corpus. Weston v. Sigler, Warden, 361 U.S. 37, 80 S.Ct. 141, 4 L.Ed.2d 111. The district court has heard the application and denied it. We here review its action. Under the law of Louisiana a pel son accused of a capital offense may ask a prospective juror whether he has conscientious scruple…