United States v. Roland Norton

Roland Norton appeals from the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate sentence. We affirm.

In 1973 Norton was convicted by a jury of two counts of selling heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He was sentenced on each count to ten years’ imprisonment to be followed by a special parole term of five years, the sentences to run concurrently. The convictions were affirmed on appeal. United States v. Norton, 504 F.2d 342 (8th Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 419 U.S. 1113, 95 S.Ct. 790, 42 L.Ed.2d 811 (1975).

In December 1975 Norton filed the instant section 2255 motion, 1 setting forth…