Legal Opinion

Smith v. United States

District Court, S.D. California

Decided July 9, 1959No. Cr. 19993PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HALL, District Judge.

Upon reversal of this Court’s Order denying a petition under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, the United States Court of Appeals remanded the above matter to this Court “with directions to provide a hearing upon the allegations of that application.”

The propria-persona petition, filed March 15, 1957, made serious charges against the court-appointed counsel who represented petitioner at the six day trial for bank robbery with force and violence and with the use of a .45 calibre automatic revolver. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the conviction. Smith v. United…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. District of Columbia v. ArmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. People v. McCaughanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
  3. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
  4. Joseph Orby Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. John J. Donnelly v. Honorable Barrington D. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  2. Schuppin v. Unification ChurchDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1977
  3. Seibold v. DanielsDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1972
  4. Sullivan v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
  5. Cyntje v. Government of the Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1982

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