Legal Opinion
Willie Frank Hart v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1978No. 77-2440PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant was convicted of illegal distribution of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and on direct appeal this Court affirmed. United States v. Hart, 526 F.2d 344 (5th Cir. 1976). Appellant subsequently filed a motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, alleging judicial and pros-ecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, introduction of perjured testimony, suppressed Brady 1 material, and judicial bias.
The district court, in a brief order, 2 denied the motion without an evidentiary hearing and without stating findings of facts or conclusions of law. In…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- United States v. Kenneth L. Musgrave and Marshall WomackCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Rafael C. Garcia, A/K/A 'El Moto,'Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Floyd Dupart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Jimmy Lee Gray v. Eddie Lucas, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Adalberto Cervantes-Pacheco, Jerry Wayne Nelson and William E. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Commonwealth v. HaywoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- United States v. Anthony T. Mulherin, Jr., Harvey E. Hornsby, Robert A. Holliday, Henry Mulherin, Elizabeth MooreCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Ron C. Broadwater v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
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