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BOSTIC v. UNITED STATES

No. 16405.

298 F.2d 678 (1961)

James BOSTIC, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward J. Skeens, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Miss Doris H. Spangenburg, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Charles T. Duncan and Luke Moore, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Daniel J. McTague, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, WASHINGTON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial by the District Court, without a hearing, of Bostic's petition to vacate his conviction and sentence, under Section 2255 of Title 28 of the United States Code.

Bostic was convicted in 1937 of first degree murder and was sentenced to death by electrocution. After an unsuccessful appeal1 and a number of motions, a lunacy inquisition...

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