CIVELLA v. UNITED STATES

No. 74-1770.

509 F.2d 896 (1975)

Carl CIVELLA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Romano, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

J. Whitfield Moody, 1st Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and HEANEY, and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Carl Civella appeals the District Court's1 refusal to vacate a 1939 narcotics conviction upon Civella's petition for writ of error coram nobis. Although several grounds were asserted in the petition to justify relief, the evidence presented at the hearing below concentrated upon Civella's claim that he was not represented by counsel and had not intelligently waived counsel. The District Court's finding that Civella was represented...

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