Legal Opinion
Alaway v. United States
District Court, C.D. California
Decided June 25, 1971No. 70-1167PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAUK, District Judge.
Petitioner, a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, presents here a Motion to Vacate his *80judgment of conviction for violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a (sale of marijuana, knowing it to have been imported or brought into the United States contrary to law). He appears in propria persona.
Allowed to proceed in forma pauperis, Alaway bases his attack on the claim that the Statute which he is alleged to have violated is unconstitutional, and that he would not have pleaded guilty had he known of this unconstitutionality. A Supplemental Motion also alleges that…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1976
- Cancino v. CravenDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1973
- Alaway v. United StatesDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1972
- Riscard v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1972