Legal Opinion
Luke Joseph Rener v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1973No. 72-3715PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
The district court denied Rener’s petition for writ of error coram nobis. We affirm.
Rener is confined in the Texas Department of Corrections by virtue of his convictions for attempted burglary and possession of narcotics. In his petition for coram nobis relief he sought to have a previously served federal conviction vacated on grounds that the 1952 conviction for possession of untaxed marihuana 1 was invalid under the decision of Leary v. United States, 1969, 395 U.S. 6, 89 S.Ct. 1532, 23 L.Ed.2d 57.
The district court denied relief, finding that Rener had failed to present any “compelling…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Reyes Correa-Negron, AKA Ray Correa-Negron, Ray Correa, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Alva Eugene Hemming, III v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Donald J. HallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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- James Edward Lowery v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
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