CLIFTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 19757.

371 F.2d 354 (1966)

Nathaniel CLIFTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1966.

Certiorari Denied April 10, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Donald L. Hardison, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. James A. Strazzella, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. John C. Conliff, Jr., U. S. Atty., at the time the record was filed, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before BASTIAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BURGER and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied April 10, 1967. See 87 S.Ct. 1312.

BURGER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises out of the holding of the Supreme Court in Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed. 2d 908 (1964).

More than 20 years ago Appellant was tried and convicted on a charge of robbery.1 No appeal was taken. In 1964 Appellant first attacked his 1946 conviction by a petition in the District...

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