Legal Opinion
United States v. William Theodore Lovely
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 28, 1963No. 8783_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOREMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina denying a motion of William Theodore Lovely under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 1 to vacate a life sentence imposed November 24, 1948, which he is now serving. We think the action of the District Court must be affirmed.
Lovely was indicted on a charge of rape and convicted by a jury. The indictment was based upon the admittedly pertinent federal statute and the crime was alleged to have been committed in 1947 on the federal military reservation known as New Fort Jackson,…
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