THORNBURG v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-1194.

574 F.2d 33 (1978)

Thomas THORNBURG, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Grossman, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief for appellant.

Julio Morales-Sanchez, U.S. Atty., San Juan, P.R., Jerome M. Feit and Howard Weintraub, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, BOWNES and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Over two and one-half years after his 1973 trial and conviction on drug-related charges,1 Thomas W. Thornburg filed this motion to vacate sentence under § 22552 or, in the alternative, for writ of error coram nobis, in the District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. His principal contention was and is that "[a]t least one and possibly as many as four jurors who were...

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