Legal Opinion
Wheatley v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 31, 1946No. 5530PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in this case was sentenced to prison for twenty-four years after a verdict of guilty upon an indictment which charged that he “unlawfully seized, kidnapped and held Denzil Wilson, for the purpose of forcing him, the said Denzil Wilson, to furnish transportation for him, the said Richard Lawrence Wheatley, from Newell, West Virginia, to East Liverpool, Ohio, and transported him, the said Denzil Wilson from Newell, West Virginia, in the Northern District of West Virginia, to East Liverpool, Ohio.” The judge who presided at the trial was taken ill, and the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Herron v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Rumely v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Sutherland v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
- In Re LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by48 opinions
- United States v. HealySupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Billeci v. United States. Lewis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- United States v. Joseph L. HooperCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Pueblo v. Meléndez CartagenaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1977
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