Legal Opinion
Savoy v. United States
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 3, 2002No. CIV. CCB01-0153Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BLAKE, District Judge.
Gregory Savoy has filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a) seeking the extraordinary relief of a writ of error coram nobis to vacate his convictions for perjury and obstruction of justice. He does so based on a challenge to the court’s pretrial ruling that venue on the perjury charge was proper in the District of Maryland. United States v. Savoy, 38 F.Supp.2d 406 (D.Md.1998). Savoy was convicted by a jury but took no direct appeal. He has now served his sentence and been terminated from supervised release. 1
The writ of error coram nobis is reserved to remedy…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. Rodriguez-MorenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- United States v. CabralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- United States v. Marvin Mandel, W. Dale Hess, Harry W. Rodgers, Iii, William A. Rodgers, Irvin Kovens, and Ernest N. CoryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. BowensCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Karen Grey VillariniCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
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