William Reese Johnston v. United States

Appellant filed a motion with the District Court for the District of Kansas under Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and under § 2255 of Title 28 U.S.C. Under his motion appellant urges that the evidence at the trial was insufficient to prove all of the elements of the offenses charged; that the instructions given by the court were not given separately on each of the two indictments which had been consolidated for trial; and that the court submitted improper forms to be used by the jury in returning a verdict.

The District Court denied appellant’s motion without a hearing…