Legal Opinion

United States v. Charles French, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 4, 1960No. 12792_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SWYGERT, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of a motion to vacate sentence pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The defendant claims that his constitutional rights were violated because of the circumstances surrounding his arrest, arraignment and plea. He further claims a violation of the- principle enunciated in Mallory v. United States, 354 U.S. 449, 77 S.Ct. 1356, 1 L.Ed.2d 1479.

The defendant alleges that on October 20, 1951, he was arrested at his home and taken to the local Federal Bureau of Investigation office; that he remained there until October 23, 1951, when he was taken…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. John Hall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958
  5. United States v. John Eugene KniessCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959

3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Houser v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
  2. Frank Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
  3. Robert E. Meyer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
  4. The People v. CovingtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Harry C. Knowles v. Clarence T. Gladden, Warden, Oregon State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967

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