Legal Opinion
Spears v. United States
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided February 23, 1966No. Civ. A. Nos. 2113, 2116, 2118PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIE, District Judge:
The petitioner, Gilbert Lewis Spears, has moved, under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, to vacate his conviction of January 29, 1965, based upon his plea of guilty to an information charging bank robbery, for which he was sentenced in this court to fifteen years in prison. In his petitions, Spears alleged in substance the following abridgments of his legal rights: (1) That he was held for an unreasonable delay before being arraigned; (2) That during the time of his illegal detention an involuntary confession was obtained; (3) That his plea of guilty was induced by threats,…
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- Edward B. Bishop v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by5 opinions
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