Williams v. United States

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DEVITT, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Felix Williams, a federal prisoner, moves, under Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, to vacate the 35-year sentence imposed upon him in 1957.

He was convicted on twelve counts of violations of various federal narcotic laws. The essential facts, and the affirmance of that conviction, are reported in Williams v. United States, 260 F.2d 125 (8th Cir. 1958). Certiorari was denied. 359 U.S. 918, 79 S.Ct. 596, 3 L.Ed. 2d 579 (1959).

In 1959 petitioner sought post-conviction relief under the title of a “writ of nisi feceris without unnecessary cunctation and in…