Legal Opinion
United States v. Bowen
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided January 3, 1951No. 2579PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOPER, Judge.
This is a motion filed pursuant to Section 2255, Title 28 U.S.C.A. Movant Hugh Bowen was convicted in the Rome Division of this court, and on February 16, 1933, given a life sentence on a charge of murder. This motion is based upon two grounds.
The first ground contends that the United States did not have criminal jurisdiction over Chickamauga Park where the homicide occurred but this contention has been previously made by movant and overruled and there is no necessity to rule upon it again. Bowen v. Johnston, Warden, 306 U.S. 19, 59 S.Ct. 442, 83 L.Ed. 455.
The other ground is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Chambers v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Bowen v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Howell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Birtch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- United States v. Robert W. BondurantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Bowen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- John E. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- United States v. MeyersDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1956
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