Legal Opinion
Fontaine v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1975No. 74-1378PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
In Fontaine v. United States, 411 U.S. 213, 93 S.Ct. 1461, 36 L.Ed.2d 169 (1973), the Supreme Court vacated the judgment of this court and remanded to the end that David X. Fontaine be afforded an evidentiary hearing on his petition to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
Chief District Judge Frederick W. Kaess, who imposed the sentence after Fontaine entered a plea of guilty, had denied the motion to vacate. This court had affirmed. Thereafter, in obedience to the mandate of the Supreme Court, this court on May 10, 1973, entered an order vacating the judgment of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Fontaine v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. Richard J. FronteroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Claude Francis Roddy, Jr. v. Harold E. Black, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Harold Jimmy Wade v. Ira M. Coiner, Warden of the West Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- State v. ColyerIdaho Supreme Court · 1976
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