Legal Opinion
Williams v. United States
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided July 13, 1964No. 1583PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIRAM CHURCH FORD, District Judge.
By this action the petitioner, Carl Frank Williams, proceeding under § 2255 of Title 28 U.S.C.A., seeks to have vacated and set aside a sentence committing him to the custody of the Attorney General under the Youth Corrections Act which was imposed upon him pursuant to a judgment of this Court on August 7, 1961. He seeks such remedy upon the ground that the sentence was in excess of the maximum period of confinement authorized by law, that it was imposed in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and is subject to collateral…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Michael J. Schell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1965
- William Jerald Myers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- Michael J. Schell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970