Weems v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

WATKINS, Senior District Judge.

On July 13, 1967, John Lewis [Louis] Weems, petitioner, was convicted in this Court by a jury of kidnapping under 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a). He was subsequently sentenced on October 19, 1967 to life imprisonment. On July 16, 1968, the conviction was affirmed on appeal, United States v. Weems, 398 F.2d 274 (4th Cir. 1968), cert. den., 393 U.S. 1099, 89 S.Ct. 894, 21 L.Ed.2d 790 (1969). Between the date of his sentencing and June 2, 1970, petitioner addressed at least fifteen letters to this Court, one of which was construed as a motion to vacate or…