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MITCHELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 14198.

259 F.2d 787 (1958)

Roosevelt MITCHELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1958.

Certiorari Denied October 13, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harold Leventhal, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court) for appellant.

Mr. E. Tillman Stirling, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Mr. Lewis Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, FAHY and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied October 13, 1958. See 79 S.Ct. 81.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Mitchell was indicted, tried and convicted for carnal knowledge of a seven-year-old girl. He was sentenced on October 22, 1953. He was defended by counsel appointed by the District Court. On December 17, 1956, he filed a motion under Section 2255, Title 28, United States Code, to vacate his sentence. The District Court denied the motion...

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