Atkins v. United States

MEMORANDUM

REGAN, District Judge.

By this pro se motion filed pursuant to Section 2255, 28 U.S.C., petitioner seeks to vacate sentence imposed upon him on May *6194, 1973. Petitioner was convicted on two counts, each charging distribution of heroin in violation of Section 841(a)(1), 21 U.S.C., and was sentenced to a term of twelve years imprisonment on each count, the sentences to be served consecutively, with provisions for two special parole terms of three years each. The convictions were affirmed. U. S. v. Atkins, 8 Cir. 1973, 487 F.2d 257. Subsequently, petitioner moved for a new trial on the…