Legal Opinion
Thomas Robert Wilson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 11, 1977No. 76-1826PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
Thomas Robert Wilson filed a motion to vacate judgment and sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He alleged that certain materials were not made available to him in violation of the Jencks Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3500 (1957), or the holding in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963); that the failure of counsel appointed to advise him to move for production of the materials constituted ineffective assistance of counsel; that his waiver of assistance of counsel was constitutionally defective; and that his court-appointed counsel did not advise him of his right to file a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ross v. MoffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Amos Black v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- Houser v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Horace Edward Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by19 opinions
- James Barrett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Keith NewmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Nicole Walker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
- United States v. James E. LittleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- M. L. Mustain, Warden v. Oscar Maurice PearsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
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