Williams v. United States

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Two informations were filed against appellant who was tried, convicted, and sentenced for making threats in a menacing manner 1 and for unlawfully having in his possession an automatic pistol, having been convicted of a crime of violence in the District of Columbia. 2 Sentence was pronounced on September 30, 1952. On October 6, 1952, a motion for a new trial was filed, which motion was denied on January 8, 1953, after hearing. No appeal was noted. On March 5, 1953, appellant filed a motion to vacate judgments of conviction on the ground that appellant was of unsound…