Legal Opinion
Cochran v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1974No. 73-3650PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Louis Cochran, a federal prisoner, appeals from an order of the district court denying his motion for mandamus relief. He is currently confined to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta resulting from a guilty plea to a charge of counterfeiting. He filed his mandamus action in the district court in an attempt to receive credit against his three-year sentence for various periods of time during which he alleged he had been in custody resulting from the counterfeiting charge. We affirm.
It is claimed that prior to his sentencing he had been incarcerated in jail for 20 days and subsequent to his…
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- Joseph Sica v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- William Rodger Starnes v. L. M. Connett, Warden, Federal Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Michele Marchese v. Angus D. McEachen Chief United States Probation OfficerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
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- Ruben Ortega v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
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