Legal Opinion
United States v. Provoo
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 12, 1954PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOONAN, District Judge.
The petitioner has been convicted and sentenced by this court, and now seeks an order vacating and setting aside the original and corrected judgments of conviction, and discharging him; or, in the alternative, granting him a new trial. The former request for relief is based on Title 28 U.S.Code, § 2255; the latter is based on Rule 33 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Title 18 U.S. Code.
The appropriate portions of Section 2255 read as follows:
Ҥ 2255. Federal custody; remedies on motion attacking sentence
“A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Ex Parte Bollman and SwartwoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1807
- Smith v. PollinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Chandler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
- United States v. ChandlerDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1947
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Samuel Shapiro v. Thomas E. Ferrandina, United States Marshal for the Southern District of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- United States v. ProvooDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1955
- United States v. John David ProvooCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954