Joseph Charles James v. United States

This is a timely appeal by Joseph Charles James, hereinafter called defendant, from order denying his 28 U.S. C. § 2255 petition to vacate a five-year sentence imposed upon him after his plea of guilty to a charge of possession of an explosive bomb, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871.

We will briefly summarize the background facts. Defendant waived indictment and was charged by information in Count I with possession of an explosive bomb in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871, and in Count II with possession of a pistol by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. App. §…