Legal Opinion
Whitehead v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 29, 1946No. 10182PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The appellant’s grievance is the dismissal of his motion for the correction of an allegedly invalid sentence for lack of jurisdiction by the district court to entertain it. He asserts here, however, all the grounds upon which his claim of invalidity was based, and they present questions of law which govern the whole controversy and therefore require our decision.
In September, 1935, the appellant was indicted for three violations of the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 408. Upon pleas of guilty he was sentenced to three years imprisonment on each, of two indictments, sentences to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- United States v. MayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Holiday v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Miller v. AderholdSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Barrett N. Weinberger v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Victoria Kaye Johnson, A/K/A Victoria Kaye SouthernCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- State v. RobersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- In re BuehrerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967
- United States v. AlbroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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