Leslie E. Williams v. United States

Leslie E. Williams was convicted of violations of Title 18, U.S.C., §§ 2 and 2113(a), aiding and abetting the burglary of a federally insured bank, and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. This Court affirmed, United States v. Williams, 5 Cir. 1969, 416 F.2d 4, cert. denied 1970, 397 U.S. 968, 90 S.Ct. 1008, 25 L.Ed.2d 262.

Williams filed in the trial court his motion to vacate sentence under Title 28, U.S.C., § 2255, advancing three grounds in support thereof:(1) He was denied the right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.(2) Because his…