Legal Opinion
Fred Davis v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 1963No. 13599_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellant, Fred Davis, is serving a twenty-year sentence of imprisonment for concealing unlawfully imported narcotics (21 U.S.C. § 174). The District Court dismissed his pro se motion (made under 28 U.S.C. § 2255) to vacate the sentence. He has appealed and this Court appointed Edward W. Rothe, Esq., a member of the Chicago Bar, to represent the indigent petitioner.
Petitioner claims that the narcotics, which were the basis of Count Four of the indictment — the count on which he was found guilty and is now serving sentence — were obtained through an…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. SturmCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
- James R. Walker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
- United States v. FleenorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- Graeber v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. Raymond S. MathisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Edward J. Barry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- State v. WilliamsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Private Paul v. Winters, Jr. v. United States of America, Major General Louis J. FieldsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Ralph Hubert Houston, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- George Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
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