HAMMOND v. UNITED STATES

No. 8675.

309 F.2d 935 (1962)

Alex Bettis HAMMOND, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Word, Jr., Richmond, Va. (court-appointed), for appellant.

Marvin L. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Terrell L. Glenn, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and WINTER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal questions whether the lower court should have afforded appellant a hearing on his motion, made under the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, to strike the sentence imposed upon him.

Appellant was convicted by a jury upon a multicount indictment charging him and two codefendants with violations of the Internal Revenue Liquor Laws and, on September 19, 1961, was sentenced to imprisonment of two years. Immediately thereafter, appellant...

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