Harry R. Smith v. United States

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

This is a timely, in forma pauperis, pro se appeal from an order entered by Judge Hanson, Southern District of Iowa, denying to Smith relief sought under a § 2255 motion to vacate a 20 year sentence imposed June 27, 1963, in the Southern District of Iowa after petitioner was found guilty by a jury of violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a) (bank robbery). We affirmed the conviction. Smith v. United States, 8 Cir., 331 F.2d 265, cert. denied 379 U.S. 824, 85 S.Ct. 49, 13 L.Ed.2d 34, reh. denied 379 U.S. 940, 85 S.Ct. 321, 13 L.Ed.2d 350. Denial of an earlier § 2255 motion…