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Witherspoon v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 11, 1959
264 F.2d 480 (4th Cir. 1959)

Opinion

No. 7823.

Argued March 9, 1959.

Decided March 11, 1959. Certiorari Denied May 25, 1959. See 79 S.Ct. 1146.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; W. Calvin Chesnut, Judge.

Charles W. Laughlin, Richmond, Va., for appellant.

John R. Hargrove, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md. (Leon H.A. Pierson, U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and BOREMAN, District Judge.


This is an appeal from the action of the District Court in dismissing, after a hearing a petition for relief under Section 2255 of Title 28, U.S.C.A.

We find no error in the Court's action, and we affirm upon Judge Chesnut's opinion in the District Court, D.C., 167 F. Supp. 297.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Witherspoon v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 11, 1959
264 F.2d 480 (4th Cir. 1959)
Case details for

Witherspoon v. United States

Case Details

Full title:Harvey E. WITHERSPOON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Mar 11, 1959

Citations

264 F.2d 480 (4th Cir. 1959)

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