UNITED STATES v. KATTOU

No. 76-1548.

548 F.2d 760 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Michael KATTOU and Joseph Maggio, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert C. Hurn, U.S. Atty., and Jerome M. Feit and Mervyn Hamburg, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. on brief for appellant.

Daniel J. Matula and Leonard S. Hughes, III, Kansas City, Mo., on brief for appellees.

Before LAY and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and WANGELIN, District Judge.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the government from an order of the district court granting the petitioners' motion to vacate their sentences under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We vacate the order and remand for further proceedings.

On February 11, 1974, pursuant to guilty pleas, the petitioners were convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Petitioner Kattou also pleaded guilty to a substantive count of distributing cocaine. On May 3...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases