Legal Opinion
Yearwood v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 22, 1969No. 68 Civ. 4247PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Petitioner, currently serving a five-year sentence for the unlawful sale of narcotic drugs in violation of 26 U.S.C. section 4705(a), moves to vacate the judgment of conviction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2255, or in the alternative to withdraw his guilty plea under Rule 32(d) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The petition rests upon his unsworn allegation that the plea was involuntary in that the Court failed to explain to him either that an essential element of the crime was his knowledge of the illegal importation of the narcotics, or that…
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- United States Ex Rel. Robert H. Boucher v. Frederick G. Reincke, Warden, Connecticut State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- United States Ex Rel. James Glenn v. Hon. Daniel McMann Warden, Clinton State Prison, Dannemora, New York, Docket Mr469Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Jack SpadaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by3 opinions
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