Davilman v. United States

This is an appeal in forma pauperis from the denial by the district court of a motion to vacate its judgment and sentence.

The appellant, Louis Davilman, and his wife, Maud Wooten Davilman, upon conviction by jury verdict for violation of the Dyer Act, in transporting a stolen automobile from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Owensboro, Kentucky, were each sentenced to five years imprisonment. The record does not disclose that either Davilman or his wife made a motion for a new trial; but some eight months after he entered upon the service of his sentence, appellant filed a motion in the district court to…