Legal Opinion

Allen v. United States

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided February 15, 1952No. 26804, 26805PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

The petitioner, presently incarcerated in the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, pursuant to sentences imposed on February 15, 1933 in the above captioned matter, has filed a motion under Section 2255 of Title 28, United States Code, to vacate and set aside said sentences.

On February 15, 1933, petitioner was sentenced by the late Hon. Charles E. Woodward, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, in case No. 26804, upon a plea of guilty, to serve five years on Count One of the indictment,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. United States v. Robert Patrick MorganCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
  2. Haywood v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
  3. United States v. Di MartiniDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1953

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