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Perez v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
May 17, 1962
303 F.2d 441 (5th Cir. 1962)

Opinion

No. 19452.

May 17, 1962.

Pedro Anthony Perez, Jr., appellant pro. se.

Don M. Stichter and Thomas J. Hanlon, Asst. U.S. Attys., Tampa, Fla., Edward F. Boardman, U.S. Atty., Edith House, Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D. Fla., for appellee.

Before CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges, and DeVANE, District Judge.


The appellant, Pedro Anthony Perez, Jr., was convicted on the trial for one offense and entered a plea of guilty of another. He seeks, by a motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, to have the sentences imposed against him set aside on the ground that the grand jury which indicted him was composed only of persons who were registered voters on the rolls of the State. The district court denied the motion. The objection, if it be a valid one, can be availed of only before trial. It cannot be asserted in a proceeding under Section 2255. Rule 12 Fed. Rules of Crim.Proc. 18 U.S.C.A.; United States ex rel. Jackson v. Brady, 4th Cir. 1943, 133 F.2d 476, cert. den. 319 U.S. 746, 63 S.Ct. 1029, 87 L.Ed. 1702, reh. den. 319 U.S. 784, 63 S.Ct. 1315, 87 L.Ed. 1727. The order of the district court is

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Perez v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
May 17, 1962
303 F.2d 441 (5th Cir. 1962)
Case details for

Perez v. United States

Case Details

Full title:Pedro Anthony PEREZ, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: May 17, 1962

Citations

303 F.2d 441 (5th Cir. 1962)

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