Ronald Skipworth v. United States

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a denial of a prisoner’s pro se petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate two consecutive five-year sentences which were imposed after revocation of probation.

On February 5, 1969, petitioner was tried before a jury and found guilty of violating two federal narcotics statutes, 26 U.S.C. §§ 4704(a) and 4705(a). 1 On April 1, 1969, the district court judge suspended imposition of sentence and imposed a two-year probationary term for each offense, the two terms to run concurrently. Five days prior to the expiration of the…