Legal Opinion
Haywood v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 29, 1954PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
The petitioner moves to set aside a judgment of conviction entered in May 1940 upon his plea of guilty to a three-count indictment charging narcotic violations. His application is labeled “A Writ of Error Coram Nobis Pursuant to Title 28 Sec 2255 U.S.C.A.” The motion will be treated in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis. 1 Petitioner charges that his plea of guilty was void and violated his constitutional rights in that (1) he was deprived of his right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution; and (2) he did not competently and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by21 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. John McGrath v. J. E. Lavallee, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- United States v. TateoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- J. Paul Shelton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- United States v. David L. NahodilCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- James Bufford Farnsworth v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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