United States v. Meyers

HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.

On May 5, 1959, defendant was convicted of transporting a stolen automobile in interstate commerce from Lexington, Kentucky, to Huntington, West Virginia, knowing it to have been stolen. In a jury trial, at which he was represented by competent counsel, he was found guilty as charged, and given a sentence of 34 months, which he is serving. He has made a motion to vacate sentence under Section 2255 of Title 28 U.S.C.A.

The grounds assigned are that the automobile transported was not stolen, error in instructions to the jury, and selecting the jury; and that the…