Legal Opinion
United States v. Kapsalis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 8, 1954No. 11050, 11051PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAIM, Circuit Judge.
The principal question presented by these two appeals is the same. Both appeals are from judgments of the District Court denying, without a hearing, the motions of the defendants to vacate the sentences which had been imposed on each of the defendants as a result of their having pleaded guilty to certain indictments charging violations of the federal narcotics laws.
In 1951 the traffic in narcotics had reached such alarming proportions in the United States that Congress passed a concurrent resolution, H. R. 3490, “to make more stringent and uniform the penalties to be…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Preveslin v. Derby & Ansonia Developing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- Lankford v. County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1890
- State v. HestonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1952
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Alfredo Delgado Arellanes and Geneva Arellanes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- George Herman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- James Boyd Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- United States v. Lee Vainderbilt PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Mester Manufacturing Company v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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