Scott v. United States, 14976.
| Decision Date | 10 March 1965 |
| Docket Number | No. 14976.,14976. |
| Citation | Scott v. United States, 342 F.2d 813 (3rd Cir. 1965) |
| Parties | John SCOTT, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit |
John Scott, Jr., pro se.
Donald Horowitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., David M. Satz, Jr., U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., for appellee.
Before McLAUGHLIN, FORMAN and GANEY, Circuit Judges.
The first count of the indictment before us charges a specific sale of heroin on a day certain at a particular place. It states the amount of heroin appellant allegedly sold. There were four additional counts to the indictment each of which charged successive separate offenses. Appellant was admittedly a convicted second offender under the federal narcotics law, 26 U.S.C. § 7237(e) (2). He was represented by counsel and his plea of guilty to the first count was accepted by the court. Three and one half years after that he made this 2255 motion to set aside his conviction and sentence because the name of the person who purchased the first count heroin from him was not mentioned in the count. Chief Judge Madden in the district court in an exhaustive opinion, held that the case records "conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief under his present petition." We agree with that ruling. We mention in passing that if the...
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