Legal Opinion

Alex Buchanan v. Olin G. Blackwell, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 15, 1967No. 23927_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Chief Judge:

Appellant was convicted and sentenced on May 15, 1958, by the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina to serve a total of five years imprisonment for breaking and entering a Post Office in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2115. After serving his five year sentence less good time credits, he was released from federal prison, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.A. § 4163, on September 25, 1961.

Some ten months later, on July 29, 1962, appellant was arrested and charged with a state criminal offense in Tennessee. When he reported to his federal parole officer on…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Joseph Orton Smith v. Olin G. Blackwell, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  2. Keyworth C. Birch, Jr. v. Sam A. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Don B. Cook v. United States Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  2. Ernest C. Davis v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  3. John D. Clark, Jr. v. Olin G. Blackwell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  4. James Edward Garnett v. Olin G. Blackwell, Warden, United States PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  5. Richard T. Lynch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969

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