Legal Opinion
United States v. Brest
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 30, 1958No. Crim. A. Nos. E-3241, E-3264, 9853PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLSON, District Judge.
This is a motion to vacate brought under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255. Harold Martin Brest, the petitioner, was first sentenced in this court by the late Judge Schoonmaker, in the year 1937. He was sentenced under three indictments as follows: No. E-3241, which charges a violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 4081, the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act; No. E-3264, which charges kidnapping, a violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 408(a)2; and No. 9853, which charges bank robbery and putting in jeopardy the lives of officers of a bank by use of dangerous weapons, etc. To the three indictments mentioned,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
- Commonwealth ex rel. Tanner v. ClaudySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Harold Martin Brest v. Dr. P. J. Ciccone, Director, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Spring-Field, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Harold Martin BrestCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- United States v. Hoover-HankersonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2005