Mitchell v. United States, 5216.

Decision Date06 December 1955
Docket NumberNo. 5216.,5216.
PartiesH. Dulaney MITCHELL, alias H. D. Morton, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Tenth Circuit

Leo Gemma, Jr., Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Paul F. Larrazolo and James A. Borland, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for appellee.

Before MURRAH and PICKETT, Circuit Judges, and RICE, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

In June, 1941, H. Dulaney Mitchell was convicted and sentenced under an eight-count indictment charging violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 338.* This conviction was affirmed. Mitchell v. United States, 10 Cir., 126 F.2d 550, certiorari denied 316 U.S. 702, 62 S.Ct. 1307, 86 L. Ed. 1771. After serving part of his sentence, Mitchell was conditionally released from the federal penitentiary. Prior to the expiration of the time designated in the conditional release, he was convicted and sentenced to serve a term in the Nebraska State Penitentiary where he is now confined. After the Nebraska conviction, the United States Parole Board revoked the conditional release and ordered his arrest as a parole violator. A detainer was placed with the proper Nebraska authorities requesting that he be delivered to the federal authorities at the expiration of his sentence there.

The present proceedings were instituted in the sentencing court and were designated as an application and motion in writ of error coram nobis.1 The relief sought appears to be that contemplated by 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, but we shall not question the propriety of the nature of the proceedings because the applicant is confined in the Nebraska State Penitentiary. See United States v. Morgan, 346 U.S. 502, 74 S.Ct. 247, 98 L.Ed. 248. Mitchell alleged that he did not have the benefit of counsel when sentence was passed upon him by the court. This was the issue which was tried on the application. At the original trial, Mitchell was represented by counsel of his own choosing. This attorney was present when the verdict of guilty was returned, and after sentence, he filed a notice of appeal and presented the appeal in this court without questioning the pronouncement of sentence in his absence. Mitchell v. United States, 10 Cir., 126 F.2d 550. The defendant testified that his attorney prepared the notice of appeal and forwarded it to him from Dallas, Texas, and that he had it in his possession for filing after sentence was pronounced.2 Mitchell and another witness testified that his attorney was not present at the time of sentence. Other witnesses testified that it was the custom of the District Judge to require the presence of attorneys for defendants when sentence was pronounced. The Clerk of Court testified that he took longhand notes of the proceedings and later dictated them to the Journal Clerk and that the records show that the defendant's attorney was present in the courtroom at the time of the sentencing. The Journal entries for that day recite that "the defendant H. Dulaney Mitchell, * * * in his own proper person, accompanied by Forrest McCutcheon, Esquire, his counsel, and having been convicted of the...

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    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 7 Marzo 1967
    ...to serve. In Matter of Dinerstein, 9 Cir., 1958, 258 F.2d 609; Tucker v. United States, 9 Cir., 1956, 235 F.2d 238; Mitchell v. United States, 10 Cir., 1955, 228 F.2d 747. But see United States v. Baker, D.C.E.D.Ark.1958, 158 F.Supp. 842. See also Madigan v. Wells, 9 Cir., 1955, 224 F.2d 57......
  • Thomas v. United States
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    • U.S. Court of Appeals — District of Columbia Circuit
    • 15 Octubre 1959
    ...to serve. In Matter of Dinerstein, 9 Cir., 1958, 258 F.2d 609; Tucker v. United States, 9 Cir., 1956, 235 F.2d 238; Mitchell v. United States, 10 Cir., 1955, 228 F.2d 747. But see United States v. Baker, D.C.E.D.Ark. 1958, 158 F.Supp. 842. See also Madigan v. Wells, 9 Cir., 1955, 224 F.2d 5......
  • US v. Haga, Crim. No. 81-CR-137.
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    • U.S. District Court — District of Colorado
    • 3 Julio 1990
    ...denied, 400 U.S. 1023, 91 S.Ct. 589, 27 L.Ed.2d 636 (1971) (where petitioner incompetent at time of conviction); Mitchell v. United States, 228 F.2d 747 (10th Cir.1955) (where right to counsel violated); see also, Yasui, 772 F.2d at 1496; United States v. Taylor, 648 F.2d 565, 570 (9th Cir.......
  • United States v. Baker, Crim. No. 15758
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    • 31 Enero 1958
    ...his petition might actually work to his disadvantage. In reaching our conclusion we do not overlook the fact that in Mitchell v. United States, 10 Cir., 228 F.2d 747, the trial court granted a hearing to a petitioner confined in a State penitentiary who had not begun to serve a consecutive ......

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