Legal Opinion
George Douglas Lafoon v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1958No. 16747PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
The appellant was arrested in Colorado and brought to Texas. In the Tyler Division of the Eastern District of Texas he waived indictment, waived the right to counsel, entered a plea of guilty to each of the two counts of an information charging him with robbing a bank in Justin, Texas, anc^ was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment on each count with the sentences to run concurrently. Justin is in the Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas. Thereafter he filed a motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 seeking to have the judgment and sentence vacated. The ground…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McNealy v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
- Silverberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1925
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