Theodore Way v. United States
Cases that cite this one
29 later published cases cite this decision. The 24 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Parker v. Solem (District Court, D. South Dakota 1978)
- Collier v. Commonwealth (Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) 1965)
- Robinson v. Oklahoma (United States District Court, Oklahoma Western 1975)
- Clarence Lothridge and Zorina Barnett v. United States of Armerica (6th Cir. 1971)
- LeDent v. Wolff (United States District Court, Nebraska 1971)
- Mathew L. Evans v. United States (7th Cir. 1969)
- State v. Losolla (N.M. 1968)
- Lauchli v. United States (District Court, S.D. Indiana 1968)
- State v. Apodaca (N.M. 1967)
- Burdick v. Allgood (United States District Court Eastern District of Louisiana 1967)
- Nathaniel Vincent v. United States (8th Cir. 1966)
- Jones v. United States (United States District Court, Oklahoma Western 1966)
- Richard J. Hilliard v. United States (10th Cir. 1965)
- James E. Miller v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas (10th Cir. 1965)
- United States v. Willie Bailey (7th Cir. 1964)
- Shelley W. Moore v. United States (5th Cir. 1964)
- Joseph Aguilar Gaitan v. United States (10th Cir. 1963)
- Richard L. Marshall v. United States (10th Cir. 1963)
- Gaitan v. United States (10th Cir. 1963)
- Latham v. Crouse (10th Cir. 1963)
- Clinton McLester v. United States (10th Cir. 1962)
- People v. Eastman (Kings County Court 1962)
- United States v. Smith (District Court, M.D. North Carolina 1962)
- Moore v. United States (District Court, N.D. Texas 1962)
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Opinion
Way was convicted of stealing money in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(b) from a bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and was sentenced to a term of three years. Upon appeal to this court his conviction was *913 affirmed. Way v. United States, 10 Cir., 268 F.2d 785. Thereafter he applied under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for a vacation of sentence. This appeal is from the denial of that application.
Way first asserts that evidence secured by an unlawful search was improperly admitted at his trial. The trial court expressly found that the search was lawful and the evidence properly admitted. Be that as it may, the reception of such evidence was not objected to at the trial and no point thereof was made in the subsequent appeal. This objection may not be raised for the first time in a proceeding under Section 2255. 1
The next contention is that the conviction was secured upon evidence establishing entrapment which entitled Way to an acquittal. This defense was not raised in either the trial court or in the appeal. A motion under Section 2255 to vacate a sentence is a collateral proceeding in which errors in procedure on the initial trial of the case are not open for review. 2 Here the defense of entrapment is raised for the first time in this Section 2255 proceeding and, hence, comes too late. 3
The last point is that Way did not have effective representation of counsel because such counsel in the trial court did not raise the aforementioned issues. 4 The issue of ineffective counsel was not raised by the motion to vacate and was not considered by the trial court. It cannot now be raised for the first time on appeal. 5 The court notes that the retained trial counsel was a lawyer experienced in criminal trials. He may have had adequate reason for failing to raise these points. 6 In any event if appropriate motions had been made, the propriety of the denial could not be questioned in a Section 2255 proceeding. 7
Affirmed.
. Barber v. United States, 10 Cir., 197 F.2d 815, certiorari denied 344 U.S. 857, 73 S.Ct. 94, 97 L.Ed. 665, and cases cited in footnote 1.
. Horne v. United States, 5 Cir., 264 F.2d 40, certiorari denied 360 U.S. 934, 79 S.Ct. 1460, 3 L.Ed.2d 1549.
. Stanley v. United States, 9 Cir., 239 F.2d 765.
. It appears from the briefs that Way was represented by retained counsel at the trial and appointed counsel in the appeal.
. Plummer v. United States, 104 U.S.App.D.C. 211, 260 F.2d 729.
. See Barber v. United States, 10 Cir., 227 F.2d 431.
. White v. United States, 98 U.S.App.D.C. 274, 235 F.2d 221.
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