Gibbs v. United States

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HUYETT, District Judge.

Petitioner, Joe Eddie Gibbs, has filed a request under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2250 and 2255 for a copy of the transcript of his trial for purposes of collateral attack.

Petitioner, represented by private counsel at a jury trial before this Court, was found guilty of a violation of 18 U. S.C. § 659, theft from interstate shipment. He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on March 16, 1971. On May 26, 1971, he wrote a letter requesting a reduction of sentence which this Court denied on June 9, 1971. Petitioner has neither appealed the verdict nor sought other…