James W. Riley v. United States

This is an appeal from the denial without hearing of Appellant’s Motion to Vacate Sentence, under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1964), filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

Appellant was convicted upon a jury verdict of a violation of the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2312 (1964). The indictment charged that on or about April 22, 1964, within the Middle District of Georgia, Appellant transported in interstate commerce from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Brooks County, Ga., a motor vehicle, knowing it to have been stolen. The evidence at trial showed that Appellant had procured the…