Meadows v. United States

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Feb. 7, 1956.

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1956-02-07

Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently June 1961

10 federal appellate · 1 district ·

2 counsel of record

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

““ * * * the judgment be affirmed on the opinion of the district court * * * denying appellant’s motion to vacate and set aside his pleas, convictions, and sentences, without prejudice to the right of appellant to apply to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons for determination of his mental competency under Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 4245 .””

quoted by 1 later decision, including Bistram v. United States

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4245

Relies on 140 F. Supp. 184 - United States v. Meadows

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1956-02-07

View the full empirical analysis of this case →

¶1Philip S. Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellant.

¶2Wendell A. Miles, Grand Rapids, Mich., for appellee.

¶3Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and McALLISTER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5The above cause coming on to be heard upon the transcript of record, the briefs of the parties, and the argument of counsel in open court, and the court being duly advised,

¶6Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered that the judgment be affirmed on the opinion of the district court, 140 F.Supp. 184, denying appellant’s motion to vacate and set aside his pleas, convictions, and sentences, without prejudice to the right of appellant to apply to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons for determination of his mental competency under Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 4245.