Legal Opinion
Nixon v. United States
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided December 19, 1988No. H88-0052(G)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
NANGLE, District Judge, Sitting by Designation.
The motion of Petitioner Walter L. Nixon, Jr., to vacate his conviction and sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, is before the Court for a decision on the merits after an evidentiary hearing.
A. Introduction.
1. The Grand Jury Indictment.
On August 29, 1985, a special federal grand jury for the Southern District of Mississippi in Hattiesburg returned a four-count indictment against Petitioner who was then the Chief Judge of that Court. The Hattiesburg grand jury charged Petitioner with four offenses. Count I alleged the acceptance of an…
2Cases cited96 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Williams v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
- United States v. Walter L. Nixon, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- State v. WheelSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990
- Phelps v. HamiltonDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1993
- Mississippi State Bar v. NixonMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
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