United States v. Freddie A. Brooks

Opinion PER CURIAM.

Appellant Brooks seeks review under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1976) of the district court’s dismissal of his petition to vacate his 1968 sentence for first degree murder and un lawful possession of a prohibited weapon. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

I

Brooks was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree in December 1968 and sentenced to life imprisonment. That conviction was affirmed by this court, United States v. Brooks, 449 F.2d 1077 (D.C.Cir.1971), in an opinion by Judge Leventhal. In the 13 years since his conviction,…