Williams v. United States

Full title: Clarence WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Apr 2, 1965

343 F.2d 472 (5th Cir. 1965)

Opinion

No. 22066.

April 2, 1965.

Clarence Williams, pro se.

H.M. Ray, U.S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., for appellee.

Before WOODBURY,^_ WISDOM, and BELL, Circuit Judges.

_ Of the First Circuit, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant seeks relief under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255. The record shows affirmatively that he intelligently and effectively waived counsel when he pleaded guilty in 1956. He was twice offered a lawyer and he twice stated that he did not want a lawyer. See McCaffrey v. United States, 5 Cir., 1964, 328 F.2d 606.

Affirmed.