Legal Opinion
Bobby Gene Johnson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1965No. 21653_1PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the denial of Appellant’s consolidated § 2255 motions seeking to have his 1961 sentences for larceny and contempt of court vacated because of lack of mental capacity to commit the offenses, waive counsel, plead guilty or stand trial presents primarily the question whether the § 2255 hearing was inadequate, not for courtroom deficiencies, but because of the restrictions imposed by the Court’s earlier order calling for the pretrial psychiatric examination. Another important, but distinctive, problem is the propriety of the summary imposition of a…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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3Cited by54 opinions
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