Edward Felder, Jr. v. United States

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Felder, sentenced as a Youth Offender on finding of violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 173 and 174 after a one-day trial to the Court, jury waived, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Richard H. Levet, Judge, in 1965, moved under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate sentence, based on a claim of failure to advise of right to appeal without cost to himself. After hearing, the court, Levet, J., denied the motion. We find no error and affirm the order denying the motion.

Felder and counsel who represented him at the trial were the sole witnesses…