United States v. Bernett

CHESNUT, District Judge.

In the above case Carl Close, the defendant, has now filed a second petition for vacation of sentence imposed upon him by this court on J une 2, 1949. His first petition to vacate the sentence was filed February 11, 1952. It was overruled by this court on February 28, 1952 and an extended opinion of the court was filed with the order. United States v. Bernett, D.C., 103 F.Supp. 39. On appeal to the Court of Appeals of the *374Fourth Circuit the order was affirmed, Close v. United States, 198 F.2d 144, certiorari denied 344 U.S. 879, 73 S.Ct. 175, 97 L.Ed. 681. The nature…