ATKINSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 19592.

418 F.2d 1311 (1969)

Jack Thornton ATKINSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

December 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Harrington, of Woods, Raymond & Raymond, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant and filed brief.

William A. Kitchen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee; Calvin K. Hamilton, U. S. Atty., was on the brief with Mr. Kitchen.

Before MATTHES, BLACKMUN and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Jack Thornton Atkinson appeals from an order of the district court which denied his motion made under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate or reduce his sentence.

In 1965, appellant was convicted on twelve substantive counts of using the mails to defraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and one count alleging conspiracy to use mails to defraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. At the conclusion of his trial, Atkinson received a sentence totaling...

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