Torriente v. United States

OPINION

MacMAHON, District Judge.

This is a motion, pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 2255, by Wilfredo Torriente (“petitioner”), to vacate concurrent eight-year prison sentences imposed upon him by this court on May 23, 1973 upon his conviction for conspiracy to violate the narcotics laws and distribution of cocaine1 following a one-day jury trial. Petitioner’s conviction was affirmed in open court by the Court of Appeals on August 17, 1973. 481 F.2d 1397 (2d Cir. 1973).

Petitioner’s motion is grounded on two principal theories. First, he claims that incriminating post-arrest statements, which he made…