Legal Opinion

Clarence Victor Carnes v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided May 24, 1960No. 6314PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

Clarence Victor Carnes is now confined in the United States Penitentiary at Alcatraz, California, where he is serving a life sentence for the crime of kidnapping. He challenges the validity of the judgment and sentence in this proceeding which was properly treated by the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma as a motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255. The principal grounds set forth in the motion are that Carnes did not have effective assistance of counsel prior to the entry of his plea of nolo contendere; that he was coerced into entering the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. United States v. F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. United States v. HarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. United States v. NorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  5. Louis Lobato v. Pay Less Drug Stores, Inc., a Corporation Abe B. Cohen, James L. Grady, Charles Finke, and Burt RosenburgCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Cooksey v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
  2. United States v. Alfred Joseph SamangoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
  3. Peabody Coal Co. v. Local Union Nos. 1734, 1508 & 1548, United Mine WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
  4. United States v. Richard B. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
  5. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, a Minnesota Corporation v. Continental Casualty Company, an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982

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