Legal Opinion
Hill v. Sanford
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 7, 1942No. 10465PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, serving sentences in the penitentiary, sought release by habeas corpus on the sole ground that the second count of each of two indictments charged no offense against the laws of the United States, so that the court was without authority to sentence him on his pleas of guilty thereto. On a hearing the writ was discharged, and he appeals.
Each indictment charged in its first count that on a named date the accused had transported from a named place in one State into another State a minutely described stolen motor vehicle, knowing it to have been stolen. The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Grimsley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
- Davidson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
- Cox v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
- Aderhold v. HugartCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
- McNally v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. GardnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
- Herman Roberson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Goldsmith v. SanfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
- United States v. GreerDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1969
- Brant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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