Legal Opinion
Bowen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1951No. 13579_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH C. HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Appearing by motion to vacate and set aside a judgment and sentence of life imprisonment in the United States Penitentiary, imposed on him on February 16, 1933, in cause No. 2579, Rome Division of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 94 F.Supp. 1006, petitioner below prayed that he be discharged from custody.
Two grounds in support of the motion were put forward. One was that the federal court which tried and sentenced him for an offense which occurred in Chickamauga National Park was without jurisdiction. The other, arising…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bowen v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Diggs v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Hudspeth v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
- United States v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
- Merritt v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by25 opinions
- United States v. RosenbergCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Palakiko v. Harper, Warden of Oahu PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- James Walter Cherry v. Director, State Board of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Lewis Woodard Larson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Nelson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
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