Legal Opinion
Thomas W. Moon v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 9, 1959No. 15148_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court denying without a hearing appellant’s motion to vacate his criminal sentence under the provisions of Section 2255, Title 28, U.S.Code (1958).
In this case, as in Thomas v. United States, 1959, 106 U.S.App.D.C. -, 271 F.2d 500, the central issue raised turns on the fact that appellant is not now in custody under the sentence which he attacks. He is confined under another Federal sentence which will not expire for some years, whereupon the sentence presently attacked will start to run. Counsel appointed by this court…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Heflin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States v. MayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Roosevelt Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- United States v. Richard E. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Ward v. KnoblockCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- William T. X. Fulwood v. Donald Clemmer, Director, District of Columbia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
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