Legal Opinion
United States v. William Thomas Shields
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1961No. 14414_1PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Chief Judge.
Appellant, William Thomas Shields, being represented by a court-appointed attorney, was tried by jury and found guilty under two counts of an indictment charging (1) forgery of a United States Treasury cheek in the amount of $2,088.-59, and (2) uttering and publishing as true said forged check, in violation of Section 495 and Section 2, Title 18 U.S. Code. On September 16, 1959, he was sentenced to five years imprisonment on each count, to be served consecutively. No appeal was taken.
On June 6,1960, the District Judge received a letter from appellant, who…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Roosevelt Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Charles Robert O'Malley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961
- United States v. Jack A. LustmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- United States Ex Rel. Kassin v. MulliganSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Charles H. Plummer, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Houser v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- James C. Dillard v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Austin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
- Demetri Thor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- State v. KingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
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