Carl Houston Roberts and Roy Malcolm Roberts v. United States

Roy Malcolm Roberts and Carl Houston Roberts, father and son, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, appeal from the order of the district court (Judge Regan), 348 F.Supp. 563, denying them relief from their convictions and sentences for assault upon federal officers. 1

The layman’s brief filed on behalf of appellants raises two issues already considered and found wanting of merit on direct appeal, i. e., that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to establish guilt, and that appellants were denied their Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. Appellants now assert an…