Richard Stanley v. United States

Stanley was convicted in the court below upon indictments charging several offenses committed through unlawful sale of narcotics. Sentences were imposed, some of them to run concurrently, and some consecutively, for a total term of imprisonment of ten years. The judgments of conviction were not appealed, but subsequently Stanley filed a motion to set aside and vacate the judgment and sentence pursuant to the provisions of Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255. His motion was denied. No appeal was taken and he proceeded to file a second motion, which also was denied. From the order denying that motion,…