Legal Opinion
Vassar v. United States
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided October 24, 1974No. Civ. No. 73-468-DPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DAUGHERTY, Chief Judge.
The petitioner, James Y. Vassar, a federal prisoner in the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, submitted to this court on July 12, 1973, his Motion, Pursuant to Section 2255 of Title 28, United States Code to vacate the judgment and sentence of this court in case No. CR-72-171. As grounds for relief he alleged:
1. The court failed to comply with Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure in accepting his pleas of nolo contendere to counts 1 and 2 of the Indictment, and
2. That such pleas were involuntary because he was promised by his…
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- Johnny Wilson Holland v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Alan Eugene Reed v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Arnold I. Rosenbaum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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