Legal Opinion
Roy W. De Welles v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 26, 1967No. 15747_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the denial of a petition to vacate sentence filed by Roy W. De Welles under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The district court dismissed the petition without a hearing on the ground that “the files and records conclusively show that the petitioner is not entitled to relief.” The issues raised are whether the petitioner’s claims of illegal search and seizure and denial of the effective assistance of counsel are cognizable in this proceeding.
Search and Seizure
The petitioner was convicted of mail fraud 1 in December 1963 and sentenced to imprisonment for ten…
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- United States v. HaywoodCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
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