Legal Opinion

United States v. Elsie Jean Williams

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 3, 1976No. 75-1654PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Elsie Jean Williams appeals from the district court’s1 denial of her motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 without the benefit of an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

On November 4,1974, appellant, with her court-appointed counsel, appeared before Judge Wangelin and entered a plea of not *248guilty to an indictment charging her with four counts of forgery of United States Treasury checks (18 U.S.C. § 495) and seven counts of unlawful possession of stolen mail matter (18 U.S.C. § 1708). On December 2, 1974, appellant changed her plea of not guilty…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. MacHibroda v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Fontaine v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. New Jersey v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Richard Henry Bryan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Willcher v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Cotton v. HuttoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  3. Dung Thai Tran v. A.L. Lockhart, Director Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
  4. United States v. James Alfred GoodmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
  5. United States v. Ronald SchmitzCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989

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