Legal Opinion
United States v. Javan Foster, Javan Foster v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 14, 1972No. 7579, 72-1137PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McENTEE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Javan Foster, was tried and convicted for selling heroin in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 4704(a) and 4705(a). 1 His direct appeal, which was dismissed for lack of prosecution and then reinstated, and his appeal from the denial of his motion to vacate sentence, D.C., 340 F.Supp. 1311, were consolidated for argument. We affirm both judgments below. In doing so, however, we announce a new rule for the district courts in criminal cases where one attorney appears for two or more co-defendants.
Appellant Foster and Matthew Harris were tried together on a four count…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- George T. C. Lollar v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Lawrence R. Kadis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
- Raymond E. McMillen Jr. v. United States of America, Douglas Gruchy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
- Application of Larry Buffalo Chief, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus v. State of South Dakota and Don R. Erickson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by137 opinions
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- State v. KaheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- United States v. GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- People v. BerlandIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
- United States v. Harry BernsteinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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