UNITED STATES v. BOSTIC

Cr. No. 58600.

206 F.Supp. 855 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. James BOSTIC, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

July 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Skeens, Washington, D. C., for defendant, for the motion.

David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Oscar Atlshuler, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff, opposed.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, in behalf of a defendant, who was convicted of murder over twenty-five years ago, to vacate the sentence on the ground that he was mentally incompetent to stand trial.

On February 9, 1937, the defendant James Bostic was convicted of murder in the first degree, after a trial before the late Honorable James M. Proctor, then a judge of this Court, and a jury. On March 19, 1937, the defendant...

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