Legal Opinion

Thomas Henry Robinson, Jr. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided May 23, 1968No. 17886PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Per curiam

The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky denied Petitioner’s motion under § 2255 to vacate his conviction and sentence for kidnaping, and the Petitioner has appealed. Petitioner-Appellant has been contesting his conviction almost continuously since he was first imprisoned for kidnaping in 1936. An indictment on the kidnaping charge was returned on October 20, 1934; but the Petitioner was not apprehended until May 11, 1936. On May 13, 1936, he entered a plea of guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and was sentenced to life…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Robinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
  4. Robinson v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
  5. Robinson v. JohnstonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1943

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. FunicelloSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
  2. Bailey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
  3. Coleman v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Robert Parker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
  5. Robert Lee Sims v. Frank A. Eyman, Superintendent of Arizona State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969

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