Legal Opinion
James A. Edwards v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 1987No. 86-2243PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Edwards received concurrent prison sentences of five years for having violated 18 U.S.C. § 495 by (1) forging an endorsement on a United States Treasury check for $437 and then (2) uttering the check (i.e., using it as a medium of payment). Later he brought this action under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to set aside his sentences on the ground that a statute passed shortly before he was sentenced, 18 U.S.C. § 510, had impliedly repealed section 495 with respect to Treasury checks for less than $500. We agree with the district court, 646 F.Supp. 42 (1986), and with the Ninth Circuit…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Posadas v. National City BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by27 opinions
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