United States v. Bush

WATKINS, District Judge.

In this case the defendant was indicted, at the October, 1954 term of the United States District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, at Huntington, West Virginia, for possession, removal, and concealment of nontaxpaid whiskey.. On October 21, 1954, the defendant, in the presence of his self-employed attorney, entered a plea of guilty to the indictment and was subsequently sentenced to prison for three and one-half years. He did not appeal from this sentence, but after almost a year has elapsed, he now seeks to have his sentence set aside under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255.