Victor Tabarez Navarro v. United States

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

Navarro appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of error coram nobis.

The District Court had jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1651; we have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

In 1955, Navarro pled guilty to a charge of violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4744(a), in that he was a transferee of marihuana who had not paid the tax required by 26 U.S.C. § 4741(a). In Leary v. United States, 1969, 395 U.S. 6, 89 S.Ct. 1532, 23 L.Ed.2d 57, and United States v. Covington, 1969, 395 U.S. 57, 89 S.Ct. 1559, 23 L.Ed.2d 94, the Court held that invocation of the privilege against…