Randall Richardson v. United States

By motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, petitioner sought relief from a sentence totalling 40 years imposed by the District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma 1 upon a plea of guilty to five counts contained in a ten-count indictment charging various offenses in violation of the criminal code relating to trafficking in narcotics. The remaining five counts in the indictment were dismissed upon motion of the government. The district court denied relief.

Although petitioner’s counsel contends that the imposition of consecutive sentences for the counts to which petitioner pleaded guilty…