Legal Opinion
Grant T. Martin v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 3, 1957No. 13686_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a denial by the District Court of appellant’s motion to vacate sentence under. 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1952).
Appellant is now serving a term of imprisonment for violations of the narcotics laws. 21 U.S.C. § 174 (1952), 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a), § 4705(a), § 7237(a) (Supp. IV, 1957). He took no appeal from the judgment of conviction. His first claim of error here, as presented by his counsel, is that he was denied a hearing on his allegation — contained in his petition under Section 2255 —that he did not receive the effective assistance of counsel at his…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Holophane Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Keto v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- James E. Adams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Thornton v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Irving Gilinsky, Also Known as Samuel Benjamin Feldman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Mack Dean v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Joseph E. Wilkins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Bernard Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
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