Legal Opinion
James F. Shaw v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1994No. 93-2052PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
James F. Shaw, Sr., appeals the judgment of the District Court denying his petition for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We vacate the judgment and remand the ease for further proceedings.
I
In 1986, a jury found that Shaw repeatedly had engaged in sexual intercourse during 1984 and 1985 with his eleven-year-old foster daughter. The jury found Shaw guilty under 18 U.S.C. § 2032 (1982) (repealed 1986) on seven counts of having carnal knowledge of her, 1 and the District Court sentenced Shaw to a twenty-five-year term of imprisonment.
At trial, the girl, then thirteen years…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Robert Flieger v. Paul K. Delo, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. James ShawCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Duane Wendall Larson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- William Arthur Widgery v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by100 opinions
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- State v. RolonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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