Benito Saenz Firo v. United States

This is an appeal from a second motion to vacate appellant’s sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. ApDellant was con victed in the Southern District of Texas in 1962 on two counts, one for knowingly receiving, concealing, buying, selling, and facilitating the transportation and concealment of a narcotic drug after its unlawful importation in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174, and one for unlawfully purchasing a quantity of heroin not in the original stamped package in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4704. Appellant was represented by retained counsel at the original trial, and he perfected no appeal…