UNITED STATES v. HOPKINS

Cr. No. 24167.

187 F.Supp. 165 (1960)

UNITED STATES of America v. George James HOPKINS.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

September 1, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George James Hopkins, pro se.

Leon H. A. Pierson, U. S. Atty., Martin A. Ferris and H. Russell Smouse, Asst. U. S. Attys., Baltimore, Md., for the United States.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

This motion to vacate sentence, filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, is unusual in that it alleges violation of the Thirteenth Amendment, as well as of the Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth.

Defendant was found guilty on seven counts of stealing from authorized receptacles for mail, and is now serving a three year sentence. The bizarre facts leading up to his arrest, indictment and conviction were...

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