Coleman Harper Bell, Petitioner-appellant, v. United States of America, Respondent-appellee, 419 F.2d 1312 (5th Cir. 1970)

This appeal is taken from an order of the district court denying the motion of a federal convict to vacate sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We affirm.¹ 

In this, his second motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, appellant attempts to gain relief by contending that he was denied assistance of counsel at sentencing.

After an evidentiary hearing held on appellant's first § 2255 motion, the district court found that appellant was not denied the right to counsel, but that he knowingly and voluntarily waived assistance of counsel after being fully advised of his rights in that regard. Bell v. United States, N.D. Miss. 1966, 265 F. Supp. 311. This Court affirmed. Bell v. United States, 5th Cir. 1967, 375 F.2d 763; cert. denied 389 U.S. 881, 88 S. Ct. 121, 19 L. Ed. 2d 175.

This same contention having been previously presented and considered on a similar motion, the district court was not in error in denying relief based upon the record and without a hearing. Sanders v. United States, 1963, 373 U.S. 1, 83 S. Ct. 1068, 10 L. Ed. 2d 148; Williams v. United States, 5th Cir. 1962, 309 F.2d 890, cert. denied 373 U.S. 940, 83 S. Ct. 1545, 10 L. Ed. 2d 694; Wells v. United States, 5th Cir. 1964, 210 F.2d 112. The judgment below is affirmed.

Affirmed.