Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Johnston
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1941No. 9535PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner on May 13, 1936, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky to a charge of kidnapping committed in September, 1934, in that district, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 408a. He was arrested in Glendale, California, May 11, 1936, transported by airplane to Louisville, Kentucky, arriving May 12, 1936. On the day he pleaded guilty (May 13) he was sentenced to life imprisonment and is now confined serving that sentence in the federal penitentiary at Alcatraz in the Northern District of California. He petitioned…
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3Cited by54 opinions
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