Legal Opinion
Belt v. Zerbst
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1936No. 1358PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
Belt and one Kelly were tried, convicted and sentenced in the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of Texas on an indictment charging violations of 18 U.S.C.A. § 338. On appeal the judgment was affirmed. See Belt v. U. S. (C.C.A.5) 73 F.(2d) 888, 889.
Belt filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that the Court of *19Appeals found that Kelly signed and placed in the Post Office, each of the letters mailed for the purpose of executing the scheme to defraud.
The trial court sustained a motion to dismiss the -application and Belt has…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Knewel v. EganSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Matter of GregorySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Davis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1926
- Schultz v. ZerbstCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Cardigan v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Moore v. AderholdCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Zahn v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Mercer v. LenceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1938
- Norton v. ZerbstCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1936
- Thouvenell v. ZerbstCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1936
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