William Martin Williams, III v. United States

OPINION OF THE COURT

The appellant, William Martin Williams, III, is serving an eight-year prison sentence imposed some three years ago after he was found guilty by a jury on an Information charging him with bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113. He appealed and this Court affirmed his conviction at 383 F.2d 985, 986 (1967), in a Per Curiam opinion in which we held “that the evidence amply supported the verdict of guilty rendered by the jury and that the trial was free of prejudicial error.”

The District Court later dismissed Williams’ instant action for the vacation of sentence under…