James Elmore Puckett v. United States

HILL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from an order entered, without a hearing, denying appellant relief under a motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Appellant, James Elmore Puckett, together with a co-defendant, appeared in the court below without counsel on June 29, 1961, for arraignment upon an information charging the two defendants with violation of the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2312. The attorney for the government stated to the court that both defendants were charged with the same offense and he understood that appellant desired to waive his constitutional right to the assistance…