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United States v. Sawyer

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided November 15, 1999No. Cr.A. 96-10312EFH. No. Civ.A. 99-11603EFHPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HARRINGTON, District Judge.

On November 27, 1996, F. William Sawyer pled guilty to a one-count information charging him with mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1346. He was sentenced to a term of one year of probation and a $5,000 fine. Sawyer now brings this petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis, seeking to vacate his conviction and expunge his record. See 28 U.S.C. § 1651. For the following reasons, the writ is granted, the conviction is vacated, and the record is expunged.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual History .

Between 1986 and 1993, Sawyer was a senior lobbyist…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  4. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Harhen v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
  2. United States v. Ahn, Yong HoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2000
  3. Sawyer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  4. Scaccia v. State Ethics CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
  5. United States v. GeorgeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2006

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