Legal Opinion
Melvina Wilmore and Brenda Mae Thomas v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 10, 1977No. 77-1115, 77-1116PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MEANOR, District Judge.
This is an appeal from the refusal of the district court to honor appellants’ motions to vacate their sentences for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, which were imposed pursuant to the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act (NARA), 18 U.S.C. § 4251 et seq. The issue concerns the propriety of imposing a NARA sentence in the absence of the defendant following receipt of a NARA study report which recommends that the offender be accorded NARA treatment. In an unreported opinion, relying upon his previous decision in Taylor v. United States, 389 F.Supp. 766…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Marshall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. BehrensSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. Robert BishopCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Shirley A. CurtisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Thomas Charles Baughman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. Juan FaulksCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Mulky v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- United States v. Gabriel C. Romero, United States of America v. Remigio Casteneda MoralesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Jacobs v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- United States v. Thomas L. SanchezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
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