Lawrence Burrow v. United States

The appellant, a federal prisoner at Leavenworth Penitentiary, serving a ten-year sentence for violations of the laws of the United States relating to sale and possession of contraband narcotics, asks leave of this Court to prosecute his appeal in forma pauperis from an order of the District Court denying a motion for a sanity hearing under 18 U.S.C. § 4245 and a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for vacation of sentence, notwithstanding the certificate of the trial judge that his appeal is frivolous and not taken in good faith. He also asks for appointment of counsel. The Government asserts, in…