McFADDEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 20351.

439 F.2d 285 (1971)

Carl McFADDEN, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

March 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl McFadden, pro se.

Daniel Bartlett, Jr., U. S. Atty., and James H. Gordon, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on brief for respondent.

Before GIBSON and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and McMANUS, District Judge.


GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a writ of error coram nobis under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 (All-Writs Section) to vacate the petitioner's 1957 narcotics convictions. Petitioner Carl McFadden was convicted in 1957 of three violations each of 21 U.S.C. § 174 and 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a) and given six concurrent five-year sentences. No appeal was taken. McFadden served these sentences and was released from custody over eight years ago.<...

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