Legal Opinion
John Buck Jacobs, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1965No. 9765PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:
Under the advice of his lawyer, supported by the strong urging of an elder brother, John Buck Jacobs, Jr., after some initial hesitation, pleaded guilty to one of four counts of an indictment for violating the Internal Revenue laws relating to distilled spirits. He was sentenced to serve a term of forty months. Some weeks after his arrival at the Atlanta Penitentiary, he filed a petition under Title 28, section 2255. After alluding to the requirement that a guilty *572plea must be knowingly and intelligently entered, the petitioner recited that he did not recall having…
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3Cited by51 opinions
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