U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1962

Alfred James Williams, Jr. v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided November 28, 1962 · Tuttle, Wisdom, Gewin

309 F.2d 890 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Alfred James Williams, Jr., appellant, in pro. per., T. Gary Cole, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Barefoot Sanders, U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

Coleman Harper Bell v. United States (5th Cir. 1970)
Williams v. Taylor (District Court, D. Kansas 1963)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The trial court refused to entertain this motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, under the authority of the provision of that Section stating, “The sentencing court shall not be required to entertain a second or successive motion for similar relief on behalf of the same prisoner.” We conclude that in following this course of action the trial court did not commit error.

The judgment is

Affix'med.

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