Legal Opinion

John Wesley Adams v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 23, 1970No. 29838PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

This appeal is taken from an order of the district court denying the petition for correction of sentence filed by a federal prisoner. We affirm.

On February 23, 1967, appellant was released on parole from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, having served four years and six months on a ten-year sentence for kidnapping for the purpose of robbery. On July 22, 1967, he was apprehended and charged with violating the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2312, to which he pleaded guilty on August 17, 1967. The District Court sentenced him to five years imprisonment “to run concurrently with the federal sentence the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Zerbst v. KidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. United States Ex Rel. Quinn v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1947
  3. William Ernest Sadler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
  4. James Delbert Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. John Wesley Adams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970

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