MORRIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 7618.

254 F.2d 812 (1958)

Alexander MORRIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Cabell, Jr., Richmond, Va. (Court appointed counsel), for appellant.

Henry St. J. FitzGerald, Asst. U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va. (L. S. Parsons, Jr., U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va. on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Upon an indictment for second degree murder in the District Court for the District of Columbia, defendant, with the advice of counsel, entered a plea of guilty to the lesser offense of manslaughter. The plea was accepted and the defendant was duly sentenced. Subsequently, defendant filed a motion to have the sentence reduced and several successive motions under § 2255 (28 U.S.C.A. § 2255) to vacate the sentence. All of such motions having been...

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