Gerald D. Peterson v. United States

Gerald D. Peterson appeals the denial of his Motion to Disqualify the District Judge and the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate judgment and sentence by the District Court without an evidentiary hearing. This appeal is another in a series of applications for postconviction relief which have been de cided adversely to appellant on the merits. 1

In this appeal Peterson complains about being questioned as to prior criminal convictions upon taking the stand in his own defense in a 1967 federal trial in which he readily admitted having three prior State of Missouri felony convictions.…