Legal Opinion

United States v. Sehon Chinn

District Court, S.D. West Virginia

Decided December 7, 1949No. Cr. No. 7399Published

1Opinion of the Court

WATKINS, District Judge.

Defendant is imprisoned at Alcatraz, California, and has made another motion to vacate a sentence of 5 years imposed upon him by this court in this case. A similar motion was made by defendant in this same case which was denied. U. S. v. Sehon Chinn, D.C.S.D.W.Va., 74 F.Supp. 189. Upon appeal this court was affirmed. Sehon Chinn v. United States, 4 Cir., 163 F.2d 876. Section 2255 of Title 28 U.S.C.A., the new Judicial Code, provides: “The sentencing court shall not be required to entertain a second or successive motion for similar relief on behalf of the same…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
  2. Dennis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
  3. Lucas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1946
  4. Pifer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1946
  5. Randazzo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924

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