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Decker v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Mar 20, 1970
423 F.2d 726 (6th Cir. 1970)

Opinion

No. 19846.

March 20, 1970.

Stanley A. Stratford, Campbell Stratford, Louisville, Ky., for appellant on brief.

Ernest W. Rivers, U.S. Atty., Louisville, Ky., for appellee on brief.

Before EDWARDS, PECK and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


ORDER


On consideration of the briefs and files and records in this case, the judgment of the District Court is affirmed, for the reasons set forth in the Order of the District Judge, dated July 9, 1969. Decker v. United States, 310 F. Supp. 674 (W.D.Ky. 1969). See also Graham v. United States, 407 F.2d 1313 (6th Cir. 1969).


I dissent. I would reverse the decision of the District Court for the reasons stated by Judge Sobeloff in United States v. Miller, 406 F.2d 1100 (4th Cir. 1969), a case holding that the Supreme Court's decision in Haynes v. United States, 390 U.S. 85, 88 S.Ct. 722, 19 L.Ed.2d 923 (1968), should be given retrospective effect. See also United States v. Lucia, 416 F.2d 920 (5th Cir. 1969), holding, in an opinion by Judge Wisdom, that retrospective effect should be given the related decisions of Marchetti v. United States, 390 U.S. 39, 88 S.Ct. 697, 19 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968), and Grosso v. United States, 390 U.S. 62, 88 S.Ct. 716, 19 L.Ed.2d 906 (1968).


Summaries of

Decker v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Mar 20, 1970
423 F.2d 726 (6th Cir. 1970)
Case details for

Decker v. United States

Case Details

Full title:Stoy DECKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Date published: Mar 20, 1970

Citations

423 F.2d 726 (6th Cir. 1970)

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