Legal Opinion
Riggins v. United States
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided June 9, 1966No. Civ. A. 4-496PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BREWSTER, District Judge.
This Section 2255 motion prays that petitioner be brought back to Fort Worth from the federal penitentiary for an evidentiary hearing, and that the Court vacate his conviction and concurrent sentences upon his plea of guilty to each of two counts of an indictment in Cr. No. 4-238, United States of America v. Ralph Clinton Riggins, in this Court, charging violations of the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5851 and 5861, growing out of his unlawful possession of a 20 gauge sawed-off shotgun having a nine inch barrel. The petitioner challenges his conviction…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- MacHibroda v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Clifford L. Duke, Jr., Louis Glenn Ballard and Vic Buono v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- James E. Adams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Duncantell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Denham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Ciulla v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Wimberly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Chester Vincent Helpman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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