Legal Opinion
United States v. Greene
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 12, 1981No. Crim. 72-425PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DITTER, District Judge.
Petitioner, Michael Stanley Greene, was convicted of two counts of aircraft piracy under 49 U.S.C. § 1472(i) and on March 18, 1974,1 sentenced him to concurrent 50 year terms of imprisonment. 373 F.Supp. 149. Petitioner now moves to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. For the reasons which follow, the motion will be denied.
The first ground advanced for relief is that the sentence was illegal and unlawful in that it was greater by 30 years than that which petitioner perceives to be the maximum sentence for a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Gratton Earl Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Walter L. Jones, United States of America v. Calvin BainesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Robert Dennis SwinehartCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. TaylorTennessee Supreme Court · 2002
- United States v. Ronald Lewis DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Dickerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
- United States v. Frezzo Bros., Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- Ugland v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1984
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