Harvey E. Witherspoon, Appellant, v. United States of America, Appellee, 264 F.2d 480 (4th Cir. 1959)

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US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - 264 F.2d 480 (4th Cir. 1959) Argued March 9, 1959
Decided March 11, 1959
Certiorari Denied May 25, 1959
See 79 S. Ct. 1146

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; W. Calvin Chesnut, Judge.

Charles W. Laughlin, Richmond, Va., for appellant.

John R. Hargrove, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md. (Leon H. A. Pierson, U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and BOREMAN, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.


This is an appeal from the action of the District Court in dismissing, after a hearing a petition for relief under Section 2255 of Title 28, U.S.C.A.

We find no error in the Court's action, and we affirm upon Judge Chesnut's opinion in the District Court, D.C., 167 F. Supp. 297.

Affirmed.

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