Raymond Dean v. United States

Appellant was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon, in violation of § 22-502 D.C.Code, and sentenced January 8, 1960, to imprisonment for three to nine years. There followed various motions and documents filed by him in the District Court and in this court. These leave a question whether the case is before us on direct appeal from the judgment of conviction or from an order denying a collateral attack on the sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. This question as well as the merits have been ably analyzed and presented to us by counsel appointed by this court.

There is no doubt that…