Joseph Orby Smith v. United States

259 F.2d 125

Joseph Orby SMITH, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

No. 15336.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

July 7, 1958.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1958.

Joseph Orby Smith, pro. per. and Willis W. Jourdin, Oakland, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Lloyd F. Dunn, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before HEALY, POPE and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.

POPE, Circuit Judge.

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The appellant filed in the court below two separate petitions evidently designed for the purpose of obtaining relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Appellant had been…