Legal Opinion
William Reece Johnston v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1961No. 6639_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
A bank in Kansas was robbed on two separate occasions. William Reece Johnston and Fred Charles Riley were indicted jointly for each offense; the cases were consolidated; both defendants were convicted for each offense; and each was sentenced to imprisonment for pei’iods aggregating thirty years. The judgments were affirmed, Johnston v. United States, 10 Cir., 260 F.2d 345, and certiorari was denied, 360 U.S. 935, 79 S.Ct. 1454, 3 L.Ed.2d 1547. Proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, Johnston filed a motion to set aside the sentences imposed upon him on the single ground that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Raymond G. Alexander v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Jonathan Gregori v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Isadore Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- William Reece Johnston v. United States of America, (Two Cases). Fred Charles Riley v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
- Coy George Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by25 opinions
- United States v. Joseph Armone, Stephen Grammauta, Vincent Pacelli, and Nicholas ViscardiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Henry W. Jackson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- United States of America Ex Rel. Albert Curtis v. Hon. John Zelker, Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, Stormville, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- William Leroy Crail v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Clarence Smith, A/K/A "Texas Shorty,"Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
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