Horace Edward Williams v. United States

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge.

This is an in forma pauperis appeal from the final order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri filed October 20, 1967, denying Horace Edward Williams’ motion challenging the validity of his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 on the ground of deprivation of effective assistance of counsel following conviction and sentencing leading to the loss of his right to appeal. The District Court also certified that the appeal from its order would be without merit and denied Williams’ leave to appeal in forma pauperis. On Williams’…