Steadman v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

The movant Mr. Steadman is in custody pursuant to the judgment of a state court. ' His presence and participation were obtained in the trial of a federal charge in this Court, which sentenced him to federal prison on February 5, 1969 after he was found guilty by a jury. He was then remanded to the custody of the aforementioned state authorities. He now seeks a vacation of the federal sentence thus imposed, 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

Mr. Steadman claims (a) that his conviction of the federal charge is void, as violative of rights secured to him by the Fifth and…