Legal Opinion
Elgin Campbell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 11, 1966No. 14863_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
Elgin Campbell appeals from the denial of a petition to vacate his prison sentence. The petition, filed under section 2255 of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C. § 2255, was denied by the district court. We hold that the district judge’s ruling was correct. The petition asserted no proper grounds for a collateral attack upon the sentence.
The petitioner was convicted of transporting and selling narcotics by a jury in 1962, and received a seven-year sentence. He did not appeal; In May, 1964, he filed the instant petition under section 2255. In it he alleges that the Government…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- United States v. William WrightCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1962
- Langford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- United States v. Kent Steven AllainCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- People v. JacksonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- David Houston Kinnell v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
- Carlos M. Aulet v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
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