Legal Opinion
Thomas Nelson Arthur v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 16, 1956No. 15803PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Convicted upon a trial by jury and .sentenced to three years penal servitude for violations of Title 18, Sections 702 and 912, defendant did not appeal. Thereafter he filed in the court of his conviction a motion, under Section 2255, Title 28 U.S.C., to vacate the sentence.
Briefly stated the purported grounds were: (1) the incompetence of court appointed counsel, and that he was appointed only fifteen minutes before the trial and was not given time to prepare; ■(2) that a government witness gave perjured testimony; (3) that the government offered and introduced…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. WightCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- United States v. SpadaforaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952
- United States v. PisciottaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Carvell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Wilbur Horne v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Genevieve R. Dooling v. Winfred OverholserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Erwin M. Enzor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Diaz v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
- John E. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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