Legal Opinion
James E. Adams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 21, 1955No. 12302PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court denying a motion to vacate a criminal sentence, under Section 2255 of Title 28, U.S.Code (1952).
Appellant was convicted of robbery, after a jury trial, and was sentenced to imprisonment. D.C.Code, § 22-2901 (1951). Some three months later he filed his motion to vacate sentence. It was denied without a hearing. On appeal, appellant urges that the District Court erred during the course- of the trial when it denied his motion for judgment of acquittal; when it allowed the prosecuting attorney to use extreme language…
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- United States v. WightCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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