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253 F.2d 421

Docket No. 16756.

Hamilton v. United States

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided March 19, 1958.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1958-03-19

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently June 1963

6 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Prince v. United States · Morgan v. Devine

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1958-03-19

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¶1*422Malvin C. Hamilton, in pro. per., for appellant.

¶2Harrold Carswell, U. S. Atty., Jos. P. Manners, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tallahassee, for appellee.

¶3Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and BORAH and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5This appeal from an order of the trial court dismissing appellant’s motion under 28 U.S.C.A. Sec. 2255, to vacate a judgment of conviction, presents the question as to the correctness of the trial judge’s denial of the motion without hearing. The statute requires that upon the filing of such a petition the movant shall be entitled to a hearing unless the motion, files and record of the case conclusively show that he is entitled to no relief.

¶6The questions presented to the trial court being either questions of law or relating to matters which must be raised by direct appeal, we concur in the action of the trial court, since the motion, files and records conclusively show that the appellant presented no basis for setting aside his judgment of conviction. As to the legal contention that a breaking and entering of a post office building with intent to commit a larceny cannot be punished separately from the stealing of postal funds, stamps, etc. found within the building, see Prince v. United States, 352 U.S. 322, 77 S.Ct. 403, 1 L.Ed.2d 370, wherein the Supreme Court expressly distinguished the post office statutes from those describing offenses against the banking laws. See also Morgan v. Devine, 237 U.S. 632, 35 S.Ct. 712, 59 L.Ed. 1153.

¶7The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

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