James R. Hoffa v. United States

PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

This case involves a motion by James R. Hoffa to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. District Judge Frank W. Wilson denied the motion in an opinion published at 339 F.Supp. 388 (E.D.Tenn. 1972). We affirm.

Hoffa, Ewing King, Larry Campbell and Thomas Ewing Parks were convicted on March 4, 1964, of willfully endeavoring to influence, intimidate and impede jurors in the discharge of their duties in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503. The charge grew out of a prior trial, now generally referred to as the “Test Fleet” case, wherein Hoffa was the only individual defendant.

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