Davis v. United States

Appellant' was convicted on his plea of not guilty, in Criminal No. 12966 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, of having unlawfully transferred marihuana in violation of Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, section 2591 (a), Title 26 U.S.C., and, on February 21, 1952, sentenced to serve six years. .

He did not appeal from that judgment, but in July, 1952, filed in that cause a motion, under section 2255, Title 28 U.S.C. to vacate the judgment. In it, in addition to general claims that the indictment and conviction were invalid, claims unsupported by any specific reason…