Graham v. Blackwell

ORDER

EDENFIELD, District Judge.

Petitioner brings this habeas corpus petition before the court on the ground that his conviction is invalid under Marchetti v. United States, 390 U.S. 39, 88 S.Ct. 697, 19 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968), and *890Grosso v. United States, 390 U.S. 62, 88 S.Ct. 709, 19 L.Ed.2d 906 (1968).

Petitioner was convicted in the Middle District of Tennessee in 1964 for violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 7203, 4401, 4411, 4412, the federal wagering tax provisions, resulting from failure to pay an occupational gambling stamp tax and file monthly excise tax forms. The Court of Appeals for the Sixth…