Legal Opinion

Charles Oliver Williamson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 6, 1967No. 23958_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Per curiam

Appellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his sentence for violations of the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2312 and 2313, as ambiguous and void because it was to run consecutively to a prior sentence for a conviction allegedly pending appeal and, therefore, not yet finalized. If the sentence is not void, appellant further contends that it must run consecutively only to Count One of that prior conviction, and not to the aggregate eight-year term, imposed on all counts of that conviction. We affirm the district court’s denial of the petition and subsequent motions to set aside…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. DaughertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Blitz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Danny R. Scarponi v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
  4. Edward A. Pugliese v. United States of America, Onofrio Mandracchia v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1965
  5. William Ernest Hoffman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. MeesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Rudolph James Anderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
  3. United States v. Harold D. KindrickCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  4. Faircloth v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1987
  5. Robert Salley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986

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