Peter Kenneth Demarrias v. United States

In a petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, Peter Kenneth DeMarrias seeks to vacate a ten-year sentence that he is now serving for voluntary manslaughter, a lesser included offense in the indictment for second degree murder brought against DeMarrias. The district court denied DeMarrias relief and he brings this appeal pro se. We affirm the district court.

The background for this litigation is contained in two earlier cases submitted to this court. In DeMarrias v. United States, 444 F.2d 162 (8th Cir. 1971), we permitted DeMarrias to file a delayed appeal from his conviction on a charge of…