Legal Opinion
Williams v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 30, 1971No. 71 Civ. 3649PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
This is the second pro se petition pursuant to section 2255 of Title 28, United States Code, to vacate petitioner’s judgment of conviction for a narcotics violation. 1 He was tried to a jury before Judge Thomas F. Murphy, and following conviction was sentenced to a term of eight years imprisonment. ' The judgment of conviction was affirmed without opinion on December 10, 1970, and certiorari denied on May 17, 1971. 2 Shortly before certiorari was denied, petitioner filed his first petition, which this Court denied on June 21, 1971, noting:
“The grounds now urged…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Harold B. Dorman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. Bill Lee Cummings, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- George Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- United States v. BlairDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973