Truman Adonis Williams v. United States of America, (Two Cases)

These two cases, one numbered No. 21347-A and the other No. 22388, involve separate appeals in different post trial proceedings growing out of the convictions and sentences of the appellant in two cases tried in the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Billings Division. In this Court both appeals were heard and submitted together, and we deal with both of them in this opinion. In No. 21347-A appellant was represented by counsel who argued that case before us, as did appellee’s counsel. In No. 22388, in the trial court and in this Court, appellant proceeded without counsel, and he and appellee in this Court submitted No. 22388 on briefs without oral argument.

In No. 21347-A, the trial court had jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 2312 and 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . In No. 22388, the trial court had jurisdiction under Rule 35, F.R.Cr.P., 18 U.S.C. § 2312 , 15 U.S. C. § 902(e), and 18 U.S.C. § 4208 (a) (2).

In both No. 21347-A and No. 22388, this Court has jurisdiction under 28 U. S.C. § 1291.

We now first consider case No. 21347-A. In that case, appellant was in 1966 by the trial court convicted of a Dyer Act ( 18 U.S.C. § 2312 ) violation and sentenced to 3 years…