WILKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 14672.

262 F.2d 226 (1958)

Connie WILKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1958.

Petition for Rehearing Denied January 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant filed a brief pro se, and his case was treated as submitted thereon.

Mr. Edward C. O'Connell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FAHY, WASHINGTON and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing In Banc Denied January 23, 1959.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, alleging that the prosecution knowingly used perjured testimony, that appellant did not have effective assistance of counsel, and that the trial judge lost jurisdiction to proceed to judgment because of erroneous rulings. The District Court held that the files and records in the case conclusively showed...

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