Legal Opinion

United States v. West

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 26, 2001No. 00-50069PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

For this out-of-time direct criminal appeal granted Dee Ann West, pursuant to her § 2255 motion, primarily at issue is whether her notice of appeal is premature because, after granting the appeal, the district court did not re-enter the underlying judgment for her conviction and sentence. If it is premature, we have no jurisdiction concerning the two issues for which the appeal was granted: whether West was denied due process of law and effective assistance of counsel by the district court’s denial of additional funding for experts (expert-funding); and…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Kaufman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. State v. KnightWisconsin Supreme Court · 1992
  3. United States v. Gary A. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
  4. United States v. Homer McKinley PeakCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
  5. Eldon L. Page v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. United States v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  2. Maiz v. ViraniCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
  3. Julio Solis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
  4. United States v. Cong Van PhamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
  5. United States v. SeeleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003

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