Legal Opinion

Lark v. United States

District Court, S.D. West Virginia

Decided July 29, 1965No. Civ. A. No. 2990PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

FIELD, Chief Judge.

In this proceeding the petitioner seeks a writ of error coram nobis to set aside *471an order and judgment of conviction entered against him in the Huntington division of this Court some forty years ago on September 26, 1925. Petitioner was sentenced to an aggregate term of twelve years which sentence was served and petitioner long ago was released from federal custody. Petitioner also received a full and unconditional presidential pardon from this conviction on May 5, 1943. Despite this pardon, however, it appears that the 1925 conviction has precluded petitioner’s admission…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. United States v. ValentinoDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1960

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Edwin F. Lark v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966

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