Legal Opinion
Mason v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 8, 1951No. 10999PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant was convicted of rape. ' 22 D. C. Code § 2801 (1940). He moved the trial court, under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, to vacate sentence. The court granted the motion, with concurrence of the prosecuting attorney, but later rescinded the action and denied the motion. This appeal follows.
A careful consideration of the whole record leaves us in serious doubt that appellant enjoyed, in a full sense, due process of law, U.S.Const.Amend. V, especially as regards the right to effective assistance of counsel, U.S.Const.Amend. VI, Glasser v. United States, 1942, 315 U.S. 60, 62 S.Ct. 457, 86 L.Ed. 680;…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. WightCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Meyers v. United States. Meyers v. ClemmerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by41 opinions
- State v. FrazierWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
- Clarence L. Wright v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- State v. CataneseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- James W. Killough v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- United States v. Domenico Bando, A/K/A 'Nick Bando,' Leo Telvi and Gondolfo Miranti, A/K/A 'Shiekie,'Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
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