Legal Opinion

George Bernard Day v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 3, 1966No. 15198_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Orders of the district court denying two motions filed under section 2255 of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C. § 2255, are the subject of this appeal. These motions to vacate sentence were centered upon an alleged denial of the assistance of counsel and an assertedly invalid plea of guilty to a charge of interstate transportation of a forged security. 1

The petitioner, George Bernard Day, was indicted in March 1962. On April 5, 1962, he appeared for arraignment without counsel in the district court. After the charge was recited, he informed the district judge that he had…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. United States v. Raphael PlattnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Lewis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  2. United States v. Willie L. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
  3. James Edward Wilks v. Thomas Israel, Warden, Wisconsin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
  4. State v. McKnightSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
  5. Harry Aleman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989

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