JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 16898.

301 F.2d 631 (1962)

John Wesley JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Grant, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant and James A. Bell, St. Louis, Mo., on the brief.

John A. Newton, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee and D. Jeff Lance, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on the brief.

Before VOGEL and RIDGE, Circuit Judges, and DEVITT, District Judge.


DEVITT, District Judge.

This appellant, convicted in 1961 by his pleas of guilty to narcotics law violations, and now serving prison terms totalling 20 years, appeals from the denial of his motion for the vacation of the prison sentences.

Defendant appeared in the United States District Court at St. Louis, Missouri, on three occasions in 1961, twice before Judge Moore, and once before the late Judge Weber. On each occasion he was represented by counsel of...

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