Legal Opinion
Eduardo Ramon Ochoa v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1972No. 72-1808PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of a motion to vacate the judgment and sentence of Eduardo Ramon Ochoa, a federal prisoner. We affirm.
Ochoa was convicted upon his plea of guilty of selling, dispensing and distributing cocaine not in and from the original stamped package, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a). He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on April 26, 1966; and there was no direct appeal.
Ochoa styled his action a motion to vacate pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, but it actually is in the nature of coram nob-is attacking a conviction of which he has already served…
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