Legal Opinion
Welton Swinney v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1970No. 27811PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the denial of a motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S. C.A. § 2255. The petitioner, Welton Swinney, was originally tried and convicted in March, 1966, for the offenses of conspiring to pass forged United States postal money orders and stealing property of the United States post office. His conviction was affirmed by this court in Swinney v. United States, 5 Cir. 1968, 391 F.2d 190. Subsequently, Swinney brought this action under § 2255, seeking post-conviction relief.
The sole basis of Swinney’s petition is a claim that he was mentally incompetent to stand trial at the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Fanklin Delano Floyd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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