PIERCE
v.
UNITED STATES

5th Cir. | 1946-11-06
No. 11746
157 F.2d 848 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1946) Caution
Cited by 8 cases

AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.


Holding

The court held that the petition for a writ of error coram nobis did not allege facts sufficient to show a denial of due process and thus denied the petitioner's request.


Facts & Procedural History

Petitioner sought relief from a prior judgment via an extraordinary motion in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis. The petition alleged errors w…

The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.


Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner seeks by an extraordinary motion in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis to obtain relief from a judgment which was affirmed here.1 Following the practice approved in Strang v. United States,5 Cir., 53 F. 2d 820, Young v. United States,5 Cir., 138 F. 2d 838, Reid v. United States,5 Cir., 149 F. 2d 334, and Garrison v. United States,5 Cir., 154 F. 2d 106, he is here asking our leave to file his petition in the court of his conviction.

If, therefore, the petition alleged facts which, if true; would show such a denial of due process as to invalidate the trial, we ought to, and would, grant the relief prayed.2 Consisting, however, merely of allegations in effect that errors were committed and that false and perjured testimony was received, the petition presents nothing more than an effort to retry the case.

Mooney v. Holohan, 294 U.S. 103, 55 S. Ct. 340, 79 L.Ed. 791, 98 A.L.R. 406 and Garrison v. United States,5 Cir., 154 F. 2d 106, upon which petitioner relies, are not authorities for, indeed they are authorities against, granting the leave he seeks, and his petition will be denied.

Garrison v. United States,5 Cir., 154 F. 2d 106; United States v. Steese, 8 Cir., 144 F. 2d 439; Barber v. United States, 4 Cir., 142 F. 2d 804.

Footnotes
5 Cir., 146 F. 2d 84, certiorari denied 324 U.S. 873, 65 S.Ct. 1011, 89 L.Ed. 1427.

Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus


Citator

Cited By

Previewing 3 of 4 citing cases — full citator treatment, depth of discussion, and citing context are member features.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

Authorities Cited

Full citator, related cases, and AI research tools

Open in FLexlaw