Legal Opinion
United States v. Von Der Heide
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 26, 1959No. Crim. 1219-51 to 1222-51PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
This is a motion to set aside a judgment of conviction and a sentence imposed by this Court on September 14, 1951, and later reduced on October 24, 1951. The sentence was pronounced on a plea of guilty previously entered at arraignment before Judge Matthews, on charges of housebreaking and grand larceny.
This is one of numerous motions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate a sentence, with which this Court has been flooded during the past few years. While the vast majority of these applications are entirely lacking in merit and most of them are frivolous, nevertheless, each…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Alphonzo Edwards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- United States v. GarssonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1923
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3Cited by22 opinions
- In Re TahlCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Commonwealth ex rel. Kerekes v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- State v. HendersonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1970
- Thornton v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Crosby v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
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