Legal Opinion

John Russell Hanson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 8, 1960No. 17053_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAENES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant appeals from an order denying motion to vacate sentence and judgment. 28 U.S.C. § 2255. This court has jurisdiction on appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

Appellant had previously been convicted on twenty-one of twenty-two counts of an indictment charging him with making false income tax refund claims against the government. That conviction was affirmed by this court. 271 F.2d 791.

This motion below attacked the validity of but eight counts, affecting nine years of the total sentence. Nineteen years of the sentence is not attacked.

The sole legal question is whether…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. United States v. CoresSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. United States v. GallagherCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
  4. Stoppelli v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
  5. United States v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. Andres Ruelas-ArreguinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  2. United States v. Chi Tong KuokCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  3. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John Byrnes EVANS, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. Jacob PolinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
  5. People v. RemingtonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1990

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