Legal Opinion
Barber v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1944No. 5172PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to vacate the judgment and sentence in a criminal case. The petitioner, William Barber, was convicted in 1937 of the crime of bank robbery in violation of 12 U.S.C.A. § 588b and was sentenced to a term of 25 years in prison. He was represented at the trial by an able and experienced lawyer and introduced evidence in support of an alibi defense, although he did not take the stand in his own behalf. In the year 1943, he filed in the court below a motion for a new trial, which was denied, and then a motion to set aside the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. MayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Bronson v. SchultenSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Schwab v. BerggrenSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Robinson v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
- Strang v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by57 opinions
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. William N. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Nathaniel Vincent v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- James C. Dillard v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
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