Nathaniel Errol Smith v. United States

Nathaniel Errol Smith, an inmate of the federal penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana, appeals pro se from the district court’s denial of his motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1976). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

On November 1,1976, Smith was indicted in the Eastern District of Missouri on charges of forcible entry into a postoffice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2115 (1976), and theft of mail matter in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708 (1976). He entered a plea of guilty to the charge of forcible entry and was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. This sentence…