Legal Opinion
Stone v. United States
District Court, S.D. California
Decided August 2, 1960No. Crim. No. 24234PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Chief Judge.
This is a proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
The sole ground on which it is based is that the defendant (Petitioner) was insane at the time of entering his plea of guilty.
On April 27, 1955, the defendant was indicted in three counts for three separate bank robberies. In Count I it was charged that he put in jeopardy the life of Jerry Lee Caraco, and in Count III it was charged that he put in jeopardy the life of Leonore Rennie.
On arraignment on May 2, 1955, it appearing that the defendant was without funds or property with which to employ counsel of his own choosing, the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Whitney v. ZerbstCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933
- McMahan v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1945
- Hall v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936
- Hahn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
- James Francis Hill v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Gerald L. Stone v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- Sturrup v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1963