Lamb v. Zahradnick

2 Citing cases

  1. Knight v. Johnson

    529 F. Supp. 1309 (E.D. Va. 1982)   Cited 1 times

    28 U.S.C. ยง 2254(d)(1-8); Sumner v. Mata, 446 U.S. 1302, 100 S.Ct. 1630, 64 L.Ed.2d 216 (1981); Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335, 342, 100 S.Ct. 1708, 1715, 64 L.Ed.2d 333 (1980); Townsend v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293, 312, 83 S.Ct. 745, 756, 9 L.Ed.2d 770 (1963). No presumption attaches to a State court's determination as to matters of law or mixed questions of law or fact, Cuyler v. Sullivan, supra; Townsend v. Sain, supra; Lamb v. Zahradnick, 452 F. Supp. 372, 375 (E.D.Va. 1978), and the federal court may resolve these issues in a proper case without resort to an evidentiary hearing. Barker v. Ohio, 330 F.2d 594 (6th Cir. 1964). See also, Cuyler v. Sullivan, supra; Townsend v. Sain, supra.

  2. United States ex Rel. Means v. Solem

    457 F. Supp. 1256 (D.S.D. 1978)   Cited 3 times

    "If the state court did not make express findings of fact, the district court may determine whether the state court impliedly found material facts." Dempsey v. Wainwright, 471 F.2d 604, 606 (5th Cir. 1973), cert. denied 411 U.S. 968, 93 S.Ct. 2158, 36 L.Ed.2d 690 (1973) (denying habeas corpus); see Farmer v. Caldwell, 476 F.2d 22 (5th Cir. 1973), cert. denied 414 U.S. 868, 94 S.Ct. 178, 38 L.Ed.2d 117 (1973) (denying habeas corpus); see also Lamb v. Zahradnick, 452 F. Supp. 372 (E.D.Va. 1978). Indeed, the court in Leventhal v. Gavin, 390 F. Supp. 197, 199 (D.Mass. 1968), aff'd 421 F.2d 270 (1st Cir. 1970), cert. denied 398 U.S. 941, 90 S.Ct. 1857, 26 L.Ed.2d 277 (1970), held that although the state trial judge made no formal findings, such are not required by the state court judge under section 2254.