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Billy J. Spradley v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 27, 1970No. 27731_1PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, denying a motion to vacate sentence and judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255.

Appellant, Billy F. Spradley, was charged with violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 4705(a) involving the unlawful sale of narcotics. He was tried without a jury, September 23, 1968, and sentenced to serve five years imprisonment, October 11, 1968 at the sentencing hearing. Appellant first pleaded not guilty to the charge (apparently at his arraignment on March 2, 1968) but…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Sydney B. Kadwell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
  3. Epifanio Trujillo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  4. William R. Durant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
  5. Raymond S. Berry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Henry Edsel Holmes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
  2. United States v. William C. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
  3. Robert Bye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
  4. State ex rel. LeBlanc v. HendersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
  5. Albert Allen Paige v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971

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