Legal Opinion
Martin Joseph Joyce v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 13, 1964No. 6250_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Chief Judge.
The matter immediately before us is a petition, supported by an affidavit of poverty, for appointment of counsel to prosecute an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts denying a motion under Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside or correct a sentence.
The petitioner and two others were charged in a one count indictment with theft from an interstate shipment of freight. Upon arraignment the petitioner’s co-defendants appeared with counsel and pleaded not guilty. The petitioner, appearing without counsel, requested a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- John Charles Edwards, Jr., and Movant v. United States of America, AndCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- Clarence E. Watson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
3Cited by5 opinions
- Lucien M. Aubut v. State of MaineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Edward P. Keenan, Jr. v. George F. McGrathCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964
- Justino Benitez Suarez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964
- Landry v. Commonwealth of MassachusettsDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1964
- Raymond J. Fleming v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966