Paul G. Murgia v. United States

In 1959,' petitioner was found guilty on two counts of violating federal narcotics laws. He also admitted that he was the perpetrator of a prior 1956 federal narcotics offense charged in the in formation. He received ten-year concurrent sentences on each count, the minimum term for second offenders. 21 U.S.C. § 174.

In 1969, petitioner was successful in getting his 1956 conviction set aside on the ground that there had been inadequate compliance with Rule 11, F.R. Crim.P., in accepting his guilty plea. He now seeks to overturn his 1959 conviction and the sentence arising therefrom by way of a…