Legal Opinion

Howell v. United States

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided February 21, 1968No. 67 C 640PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DECKER, District Judge.

This is a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for an order to vacate the sentence imposed upon petitioner by the late Judge LaBuy of this court in 1964. An evidentiary hearing was held before me on November 29, 1967 and December 1, 1967, after which the petition was taken under advisement. After due consideration of the petition, memoranda, original trial transcript, and evidence presented here, I have concluded that the petition must be denied.

Petitioner was tried before a jury and convicted in March, 1964 of the offense of conspiracy to transport and…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. United States v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  4. David L. Hansford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
  5. United States v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. KleypasSupreme Court of Kansas · 2001
  2. United States of America Ex Rel. Clarence Rivers v. Gayle M. Franzen and Tyrone FahnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  3. Bishop v. SUPERIOR COURT, IN & FOR PIMA CTY.Arizona Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Eugene Howell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
  5. State v. MeeksWisconsin Supreme Court · 2003

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