United States v. Monti

BYERS, Chief Judge.

This is a Title 28, Section 2255 motion by the defendant for an order vacating and setting aside his judgment of conviction of treason, on January 17, 1949.

A like motion was made and denied by Judge Inch, who was the trial judge before whom the defendant pleaded guilty in open court, and is the subject of his opinion reported in D.C., 100 F.Supp. 209.

The head note states at the outset, that the defendant James Monti is “also known as Martin Wiethaupt.”

That decision was not appealed.

The present motion is more restricted in scope than the former, being confined to the single…