Legal Opinion
United States v. James Alva Hoyland
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 1959No. 12320PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJOR, Circuit Judge.
This case is here on appeal from an order of the district court entered March 13, 1958, denying, after hearing, defendant’s motion, filed pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, to vacate a judgment entered July 5, 1951, on defendant’s plea of guilty, by which defendant was and presently is incarcerated in the penitentiary. The motion to vacate was heard by District Judge Philip L. Sullivan, the same judge who previously had entered the judgment of conviction.
The indictment to which defendant entered a plea of guilty, so far as here pertinent, charged defendant and other…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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