Legal Opinion
John Dee Chapin v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1965No. 7904_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal follows denial of relief by the trial court of appellant's motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The factual background of the case is undisputed and uncomplicated: Appellant, after being advised by the court that the maximum sentence for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2312 (Dyer Act) was five years, entered a plea of guilty to a charge made under such Act. Thereafter and over his protest he was sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act, 18 U.S.C. § 5005 et seq., to an indeterminate sentence carrying a potential maximum of six years. The single…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Vincent L. Pilkington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Richard B. Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Donald Bernard Cunningham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Neil Rogers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Scott Stewart Workman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Augustus E. Harvin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Earl Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Joseph McCarthyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Dick Alexander Caldwell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Larry Alan Harper v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
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