Johnnie Clifford McDowell v. John T. Willingham, Warden

In this habeas corpus proceedings the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the trial court denying relief without a hearing on these facts.

Petitioner was convicted by a jury and sentenced in the Eastern District of Tennessee for having kidnapped and raped an eleven-year-old girl in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201. The conviction was affirmed, McDowell v. United States, 6 Cir., 283 F.2d 867, cert. den. 366 U.S. 937, 81 S.Ct. 1664, 6 L.Ed.2d 848, and an order denying relief under § 2255 was affirmed, 305 F.2d 12, cert. den. 371 U.S. 927, 83 S.Ct. 296, 9 L.Ed.2d 234.

Petitioner now seeks relief by…