Legal Opinion
Collins v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 16, 1976No. 76 C 545, 76 C 549 and 76 C 598PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PLATT, District Judge.
Petitioners, pro se, have filed motions to vacate, set aside or correct the sentences previously imposed upon them by this Court. Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The three cases were consolidated because each raises the identical issue of whether petitioners were denied the effective assistance of counsel.
Collins, Peters and Flammia each pled guilty to Count One of Indictment 75 CR 275 (use of a firearm in the commission of a felony [theft of goods from a motortruck in interstate commerce] in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), (2)). Each was sentenced to a…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RossSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Silano v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1985
- Baesho v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1987