Jack Thornton Atkinson v. United States

Jack Thornton Atkinson appeals from an order of the district court which denied his motion made under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate or reduce his sentence.

In 1965, appellant was convicted on twelve substantive counts of using the mails to defraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and one count alleging conspiracy to use mails to defraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. At the conclusion of his trial, Atkinson received a sentence totaling seven years, including five-year sentences on each of the ten substantive counts to be served concurrently and two-year sentences on each of the three remaining…