Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Government of the Virgin Islands
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided July 5, 1973No. Civil No. 31-1973Published
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, Chief Judge
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Petitioner, Wilfredo Rivera, has applied to this court for relief under Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255, requesting that judgment and sentence against him be vacated. He seeks to support this application by means of an evidentiary hearing, at which he would be present to testify in support of his claim.
He alleges three flaws in his trial which, he maintains, entitled him to be present at an evidentiary hearing on this motion, and to ultimately have his conviction and sentence vacated.
Rivera’s primary allegation is that the government’s principal witness against him, one Daniel…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Mathew L. Evans v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
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