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400 F.2d 92

Docket No. 26594.

Sanchez v. United States

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Sept. 4, 1968.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1968-09-04

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently September 1968

1 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Marchetti v. United States · Grosso v. United States · Haynes v. United States

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1968-09-04

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¶1*93Ernest Sanchez, pro se.

¶2Ernest Morgan, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for appellee.

¶3Before COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5Petitioner pleaded- guilty to a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a which makes it unlawful to bring marihuana into the United States without it having been invoiced, and was sentenced to seven (7) years imprisonment. In a post conviction motion to vacate sentence filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 petitioner contended that in the light of the recent Supreme Court decisions, Marchetti v. United States, 390 U.S. 39, 88 S.Ct. 697, 19 L. Ed.2d 889 (1968); Grosso v. United States, 390 U.S. 62, 88 S.Ct. 709, 19 L. Ed.2d 906 (1968); and Haynes v. United States, 390 U.S. 85, 88 S.Ct. 722, 19 L. Ed.2d 923 (1968), the Federal Marihuana Registration Statutes are unconstitutional. The district court denied relief on the basis of Leary v. United States, 5 Cir. 1968, 392 F.2d 220 [Mar. 29, 1968]. In that case the issue here presented by appellant was submitted to this court and decided adversely to appellant’s contentions.

¶6The decision of the district court is Affirmed.

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