Legal Opinion
William Leroy Crail v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1970No. 356-69_1PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge.
Crail is currently serving a seven-year sentence imposed upon a plea of guilty to 18 U.S.C. § 2314. This is a collateral attack made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 in which Crail alleges that he was “medically incompetent” at the time of his plea. The appeal reaches this Court from a denial of the 2255 motion after an evidentiary hearing to decide appellant’s competency to understand the nature of the proceedings against him and to rationally consult with his lawyer to prepare his defense.
On October 30, 1966, Crail, while a federal prisoner in the County Jail at Oklahoma…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Fred J. Wellnitz v. Ray H. Page, Warden, Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Larry G. Linebarger v. State of Oklahoma and Ray H. Page, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- Floyd Woodrow Hines v. J. E. Baker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Gary Alan Walker v. Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma Ron WardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Donald Freeman OwensCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Joseph v. Malinauskas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Bobby Gene RantzCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
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