UNITED STATES v. BROOKS

No. 81-1621.

677 F.2d 907 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Freddie A. BROOKS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Wheeler Jones, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Kathleen E. Voelker, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, Washington, D. C., John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell and Andrea L. Harnett, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MacKINNON, ROBB and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Brooks seeks review under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1976) of the district court's dismissal of his petition to vacate his 1968 sentence for first degree murder and unlawful possession of a prohibited weapon. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

I.

Brooks was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree in December...

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