Legal Opinion
Ernest Dossy Yancy v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1958No. 13307PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge.
The appellant was tried and convicted under two counts of an information charging violation of the narcotics laws. 26 U.S.C.A. § 4704; 26 U.S.C.A. § 7237. One count charged the appellant with the unlawful purchase of a quantity of heroin on May 17, 1954; the other charged the unlawful sale of the same heroin on the same date. Upon conviction the appellant was sentenced to a five-year prison term on each count, the sentences to run consecutively.
More than two years later the appellant filed in the sentencing court a motion to vacate or correct sentence under the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Prince v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. Dominic AlaimoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
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- Williams v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1961
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