WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 14168.

215 F.2d 1 (1954)

WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Jackson Daniel, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

C. E. Luckey, U. S. Atty., Eugene, Ore., Robert L. Dressler, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Ore., for appellee.

Before HEALY, ORR, and LEMMON, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

In 1946 appellant was convicted in the United States court for the district of Oregon of the crime of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Recently he moved in that court pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 for vacation of the sentence on the ground of lack of jurisdiction in a federal court to entertain the cause. The matter is before us upon appeal from an order denying the motion.

The indictment in the case alleged that appellant...

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