Legal Opinion
Richard Lee Carbo v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 27, 1978No. 78-1813PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by Richard Lee Carbo from denial of his motion brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, wherein he seeks to vacate previously served federal sentences on the ground that, in entering guilty pleas, he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. 1 Carbo is presently in the custody of state authorities in Texas awaiting trial on a state charge. He alleges that the federal sentences are being used against him for enhancement purposes in the pending state case. In these circumstances, his motion is properly treated as a petition for writ of error coram…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Wilbert Herring v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Henry Charles Cooks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- James E. Fields v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Leon Ross, Jr. v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Commonwealth v. RondeauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Wilmer Lane Easter v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
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