Legal Opinion

Jones v. Hill

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 21, 1934No. 5258PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

In the court below the appellant, Reese B. Jones, on a writ of habeas corpus sought to be discharged from the Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg in this circuit. That court dismissed the writ; thereupon this appeal was taken.

From the record it appears the petitioner pleaded guilty in an Ohio Federal District Court on three indictments charging him with violations of the national banking laws. He was then sentenced to imprisonment of seven years on each indictment, to run consecutively. The act under which he was sentenced provides for imprisonment for five years for…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. In Re De BaraSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Neely v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924
  3. Myers v. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  4. Hyde v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
  5. Rice v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Frank G. Robles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  2. McKee v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
  3. Levine v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
  4. United States v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
  5. United States v. LynchCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1947

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