WASHINGTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 16837.

292 F.2d 452 (1961)

Levi WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

July 27, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levi Washington, pro se.

D. Jeff. Lance, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, filed no answer or opposition for the United States.

Before JOHNSEN, Chief Judge, and MATTHES, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced on two separate charges of selling heroin in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a), and on two separate charges of receiving and concealing heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174. He was represented in those proceedings by court-appointed counsel.

Three years later, he filed a motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 to have his sentences set aside, on the grounds (1) that he had been initially...

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