Louis Vernon Cawley v. United States

This appeal from a judgment denying his motion, filed under Section 2255, Title 28 U.S.C., to set aside a conviction and judgment affirmed in this court in 231 F.2d 650, presents an effort to attack the judgment of the district court on grounds which are not available in a motion of this kind but only by direct attack on an appeal from the judgment. In short, it is an effort in a collateral attack on the judgment to retry the case, and as such it is directly contrary to the decision of this court in Arthur v. United States, 5 Cir., 230 F.2d 666 and other cases to the same effect. Cf. Adams v.…