Legal Opinion
Leanel Williams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1961No. 18804_1PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellant was indicted for murder under 18 U.S.C.A. § 1111. Thereafter he entered a plea of not guilty. Subsequently on the date set for trial he appeared with his court-appointed counsel. He withdrew the plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty to the charge of second degree murder. On that plea the Court sentenced him to life imprisonment.
A year and a half later he filed a motion stated to be pursuant to F.R.Crim.P. 33, 18 U.S.C.A. for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. In reality the complaint was that the Government offered no evidence and that the testimony of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Edward Martin Newalk, Robert William Devay and Jerome Adolph Blumson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
3Cited by26 opinions
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- United States v. Andrew Jackson RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Lawrence D. Coleman v. The Honorable Arthur L. Burnett, United States Magistrate for the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- United States v. GracianiCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- United States v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
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