Valentine Torres v. United States

PER CURIAM;

Torres was found guilty of smuggling narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a and on April 13, 1971 he was sentenced to five years imprisonment. He is now in custody under that sentence.

On February 18, 1972, Torres filed a motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The district court denied the motion without a hearing and this appeal followed.

Torres contends that he was deprived of his right to appeal by the failure of appointed counsel to file notice of appeal and properly prosecute his appeal. He also contends that there were evidentiary errors committed at his…