U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1961

Grovene James Finley v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided November 17, 1961 · Tuttle, Cameron, Brown

296 F.2d 238 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Grovene James Finley, in pro. per., Truett Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Floyd M. Buford, U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for appellee.

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

United States v. Otto Lewis Meyer (8th Cir. 1969)
Santos Angel Sosa, Jr., and Rolando Sosa v. United States (5th Cir. 1977)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This appeal presents solely a question of law. The law is settled by our previous discussion in Finley v. United States of America, 5th Cir., 266 F.2d 29. There being no requirement under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 that the trial court hold a hearing on a Section 2255 petition where only a question of law is involved, we conclude that the trial court did not error in denying the petition.

The judgment is

Affirmed.

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