Legal Opinion
David Holston Roddy v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1961No. 6785_1PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHILSON, District Judge.
In 1947 the appellant Roddy waived indictment and entered a plea of guilty to an information charging him with a violation of the Dyer Act. 1 He was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and the sentence has long since been served.
Appellant is now confined in the Kansas state penitentiary as an habitual criminal. One of the prior convictions upon which his present sentence is based is the 1947 Dyer Act conviction.
In March, 1961, appellant attacked the Dyer Act conviction by petition filed with the sentencing court, designated “Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis, in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Holiday v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Charles H. Plummer, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- United States v. KaraviasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
- United States v. Joseph N. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Raymond Crump, Jr. v. Sam Anderson, Superintendent, District of Columbia JailCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- William Leroy Crail v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Danny R. Scarponi v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Marti v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
- Hanes v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1966
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