Louis A. Derringer and Gerald D. Peterson v. United States

On October 25, 1967, appellants, Derringer and Peterson, were jointly tried and convicted on various charges of conspiracy to sell and the actual sale of narcotic and depressant drugs. This court affirmed their convictions. Peterson v. United States, 8 Cir., 1968, 405 F.2d 102, cert. denied, 1969, 395 U.S. 938, 89 S.Ct. 2003, 23 L.Ed.2d 453, rehearing den. 396 U.S. 870, 90 S.Ct. 43, 24 L.Ed.2d 128. They now appeal the denial of a joint motion made to the District Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 to vacate their convictions and sentences. Only two issues of the many raised in the District…