Legal Opinion
United States v. James Oliver Hocking
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 7, 1988No. 88-1087, 88-1153PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
We must decide which of two criminal appeals invokes this court’s jurisdiction. The district court sentenced James Hocking to eight years’ imprisonment on January 4, 1988. In a criminal case the sentence is the judgment, Berman v. United States, 302 U.S. 211, 212, 58 S.Ct. 164, 165-66, 82 L.Ed. 204 (1937), and Hocking filed a timely notice of appeal (No. 88-1087) on January 13. The district court had neglected to rule on Hocking’s motions for acquittal or a new trial; it denied these on January 14, and Hocking filed a second notice of appeal (No. 88-1153) on January…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Browder v. Director, Dept. of Corrections of Ill.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Berman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Thompson v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by35 opinions
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