Legal Opinion
Joseph John Cuff v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 11, 1962No. 19610PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an order denying a Section 2255 motion. The appellant in his brief charges many and serious infractions of the law, the most important of which are that he was made to plead without the aid and advice of counsel and that a confession was obtained from him under circumstances rendering it inadmissible.
As the district judge in his memorandum opinion, 1 which the record fully supports, points out, there is nothing of substance in his claims. As to his not having counsel, the defendant was advised of his right to counsel and that one-would be appointed…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Alphonzo Edwards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- John Hall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958
- Arthur Earl Bistram v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958
- Edward Martin Newalk, Robert William Devay and Jerome Adolph Blumson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hubert James Putt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- James Edward Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
- Master Sutton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Hubert James Putt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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