JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 80-1439, 80-1514.

650 F.2d 1 (1981)

Paul E. JOHNSON, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1981.

As Amended June 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert F. Cullen, Jr., Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, with whom Cullen & Wall, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Marianne B. Bowler, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Paul E. Johnson, appeals the district court's dismissal of two motions to "modify, correct or vacate sentence," filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.1

I.

On April 15, 1975, Johnson was arrested by agents of the United States Secret Service. Johnson consented to a search of his automobile, which revealed approximately $146,515 in counterfeit currency as well as plates and...

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