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Pierce v. United States

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Nov 6, 1946
157 F.2d 848 (5th Cir. 1946)

Opinion

No. 11746.

November 6, 1946.

Application by Joel Thomas Pierce for leave to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis, to obtain relief from a judgment previously affirmed by the court, 146 F.2d 84, which application was opposed by the United States of America.

Application denied.

Joel Thomas Pierce, of Atlanta, Ga., in pro. per., for petitioner.

Green B. Everitt, Asst. U.S. Atty., of Savannah, Ga., for respondent.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


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. 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.

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

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. 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.

Garrison v. United States, 5 Cir., 154 F.2d 106; United States v. Steese, 3 Cir., 144 F.2d 439; Barber v. United States, 4 Cir., 142 F.2d 804.

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.


Summaries of

Pierce v. United States

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Nov 6, 1946
157 F.2d 848 (5th Cir. 1946)
Case details for

Pierce v. United States

Case Details

Full title:PIERCE v. UNITED STATES

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Nov 6, 1946

Citations

157 F.2d 848 (5th Cir. 1946)

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