Legal Opinion
Berry v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 16, 1968No. Civ. A. 44221PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. 1 I appointed counsel and held a plenary hearing, as a result of which I find the following facts:
On March 13, 1962, petitioner was arrested and charged with the illegal sale of narcotics. He was arraigned before the United States Commissioner, and later before Judge John W. Lord, Jr., when he entered a plea of not guilty. On September 4, 1962, Martin Heller, Esquire, was appointed to represent Berry. Between September 4 and September 11, Mr. Heller visited the petitioner in prison and spoke to him at…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- United States v. Charles FreemanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Donald Kenneth CurrensCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by6 opinions
- William R. Durant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
- Raymond S. Berry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Robert LyonsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. GreenDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- United States ex rel. Phelan v. BrierleyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1970
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