Legal Opinion

George Turner v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 8, 1959No. 16226PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Per curiam

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court denying the motion, under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, of George Turner, a prisoner in custody under a ten-year sentence of imprisonment, for the vacation or correction of his sentence. The order was entered without a hearing, upon the ground that the files and records of his case conclusively show that he is entitled to no relief.

The sentence, the correctness and validity of which is challenged by Turner, was based upon his plea of guilty to an information which, in five separate counts, charged him, under 18 U.S.C. § 287, with five separate…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Ebeling v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. United States v. DaughertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Owen Walter Swepston v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
  2. Joseph W. Janko v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
  3. State v. KnerrNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. George Turner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
  5. Turner v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1962

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