Legal Opinion

United States v. Robert Carl Leonard

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 12, 1979No. 78-1089PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge:

Appellant appeals the summary dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his prior federal sentence. In his motion Leonard alleged that the sentence he is serving was imposed on the basis of false and unverified material contained in his presen- tence report. The question presented by this appeal is whether the district court, which at the time of sentencing afforded defendant and his counsel an opportunity to examine the presentence report and to comment upon it, must now conduct an eviden-tiary hearing on the allegations contained in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. United States v. Janice Weston, A/K/A Janice WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Richard Duane Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
  2. United States v. David Michael MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  3. United States v. Steven Max SafirsteinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
  4. United States v. Karel PlisekCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
  5. United States v. Aron Edward DonnCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981

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