Legal Opinion

Haywood Williams v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 20, 1973No. 532, Docket 72-2169PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Haywood Williams appeals from an order entered October 16, 1972 in the Southern District of New York, Charles M. Metzner, District Judge, denying without a hearing appellant’s motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1970) to vacate a judgment of conviction entered against him December 1, 1964 by Judge Metzner, and to vacate the sentence imposed thereon.

On this appeal, the sole issue is the propriety of the 1964 sentence, appellant’s challenge being directed at the validity of a 1956 conviction in the Eastern District of Virginia which was the predicate for the sentence…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Rodriquez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Rodriguez v. ArtuzDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1998
  2. United States v. Samuel L. Eakman, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
  3. United States v. Dominick RomanoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  4. Hugo Galviz Zapata v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
  5. Slevin v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1999

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