HANDFORD v. UNITED STATES 359 U.S. 120 (1959)

United States Supreme Court

HANDFORD v. UNITED STATES (1959)

No. 578

Decided: March 23, 1959

Certiorari granted; judgment reversed upon consideration of the entire record and the confession of error by the Solicitor General.

Reported below: 260 F.2d 890.

Julian Webb for petitioner.

Solicitor General Rankin for the United States.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. Upon consideration of the entire record and the confession of error by the Solicitor General, the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is reversed.

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U.S. Supreme Court

CEPHAS v. WEST VIRGINIA, 359 U.S. 120 (1959)

359 U.S. 120

CEPHAS v. WEST VIRGINIA.
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA.
No. 336, Misc.
Decided March 23, 1959.

Appeal dismissed and certiorari denied.

Appellant pro se.

W. W. Barron, Attorney General of West Virginia, and Clement R. Bassett, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The appeal is dismissed. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for certiorari, certiorari is denied. [359 U.S. 120, 121]

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