Truman Talk v. United States

Appellant was convicted by jury in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico of the crime of rape on an Indian Reservation in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1153, and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment with parole eligibility set under 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a)(2). His conviction was affirmed on appeal. United States v. Talk, 418 F.2d 53 (10th Cir. 1969). He now appeals from a denial of post conviction relief by the district court. We affirm.

As grounds for relief in the district court, appellant alleged that: ' 1) 18 U.S.C. § 1153 is unconstitutionally vague and indefinite;…