Source: http://openjurist.org/318/f2d/874
Timestamp: 2015-07-30 20:23:49
Document Index: 493803231

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255']

318 F2d 874 Campbell v. United States | OpenJurist
318 F. 2d 874 - Campbell v. United States Home
318 F2d 874 Campbell v. United States 318 F.2d 874
John CAMPBELL, Petitioner-Appellant,v.UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
John Campbell, pro se, Daniel A. Costigan, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
James P. O'Brien, U. S. Atty., John Powers Crowley, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for appellee.
The District Court denied, without a hearing, petitioner's "second or successive" motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate sentence and judgment of conviction. He has appealed.
In an earlier motion filed by him under § 2255, petitioner requested leave to sue in forma pauperis and for appointment of counsel to represent him. The forma pauperis motion was granted. Counsel was not appointed for him. His § 2255 motion was denied.1 This court, by order, on certificate of the District Court that the appeal was not taken in good faith, denied petitioner's motions to appeal in forma pauperis and for appointment of counsel. The Supreme Court denied certiorari. 369 U.S. 825, 82 S.Ct. 840, 7 L.Ed.2d 789 (1962). The proceeding at bar followed.
In this second motion at bar under § 2255, petitioner claims violation of his constitutional rights in a wire tapping violation of the Federal Communications Act, unlawful arrest and search, the knowing use of perjured testimony, the manner in which the Government made its proof, and failure to allege and prove venue. This motion was denied without hearing and without counsel on the ground that it was the "second or successive motion for similar relief."2 This court granted petitioner leave to appeal in forma pauperis, and appointed counsel for him.
On March 18, 1963, this court filed a unanimous opinion affirming the District Court's decision. Since that opinion was filed, however, the Supreme Court filed its opinion in Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S.Ct. 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799 (1963). It held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires the states to follow the federal rule under the Sixth Amendment and appoint counsel for defendants unable to employ counsel in criminal prosecutions unless the right is competently and intelligently waived. A majority of this court, on petitioner's motion, has granted a rehearing. Our opinion of March 18, 1963, is hereby withdrawn.
Petitioner was effectually denied appeal from the decision on his first motion under § 2255, and since he has been enabled to appeal from the decision in this second proceeding, we think justice requires that we consider the original decision upon which the decision at bar rests.
In McCartney v. United States, 311 F. 2d 475 (7th Cir. 1963), this court held that the appointment of counsel in § 2255 proceedings is discreti