Legal Opinion
Thomas Thornburg v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 19, 1978No. 77-1194PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL,
Circuit Judge.
Over two and one-half years after his 1973 trial and conviction on drug-related charges, 1 Thomas W. Thornburg filed this motion to vacate sentence under § 2255 2 or, in the alternative, for writ of error coram nobis, in the District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. His principal contention was and is that “[a]t least one and possibly as many as four jurors who were empaneled in the jury that rendered the verdict of guilt in this case were unable to understand the English language.” Thornburg argues that this alleged defect deprived him of his fifth…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. Jerome Fleet CowdenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Francis v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Test v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. John F. GrismoreCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- United States v. David Lloyd NickensCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Mario Nelson Paz UribeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Orlando FigueroaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Robert Mason Gray, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
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