Legal Opinion
Donald G. Woollard v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1968No. 26998_1PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
The petitioner, after having previously plead not guilty, entered a plea of guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1111 upon the advice of counsel appointed to represent him. 1 This plea was accepted by the district court on August 23, 1967; petitioner was sentenced to life imprisonment. Petitioner later made a “Motion to Vacate and Set Aside Judgment and Sentence Pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255.” This motion was made pro se, and alleged that 18 U.S.C. § 1111 was unconstitutional in light of United States v. Jackson, 1968, 390 U.S. 570, 88 S.Ct. 1209, 20 L.Ed.2d 138. This motion was denied…
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- Willie A. Womack v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Nemec v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Meneses v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979