Legal Opinion
United States v. De Jordan
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided November 10, 1949No. Cr. No. 4515PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DONOVAN, District Judge.
Petitioner, an Indian, without benefit of counsel pleaded guilty to the crime of murder in the second degree of one Josephine Smith Munnell. On this plea he was sentenced for life, beginning May 31, 1932.
Petitioner has moved for the vacation of the sentence imposed on him by the Court on the grounds that (1) the Court lacked jurisdiction, and (2) that petitioner was denied the benefit of counsel provided for by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
The present motion is based upon Section 2255 of Title 28, U.S.C.A., Revised.1
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2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by1 opinion
- De Jordan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951