Legal Opinion
United States v. Morgan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 8, 1954No. 31PublishedCited by 1,320 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
This review on certiorari requires us to decide whether a United States District Court has power to vacate its judgment of conviction and sentence after the expiration of the full term of service.
On December 18, 1939, respondent pleaded guilty on a federal charge, in the Northern District of New York, and was given a four-year sentence which he served. Thereafter, in 1950, he was convicted by a New York *504court on a state charge, sentenced to a longer term as a second offender because of the prior federal conviction,1 and is now incarcerated in a state prison.
As courts of New York State will…
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