COLLINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 14761.

206 F.2d 918 (1953)

COLLINS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

September 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Schwarz, St. Louis, Mo. (appointed by Court), for appellant.

Edward J. Tangney, Asst. U. S. Atty., Omaha, Neb. (Joseph T. Votava, U. S. Atty., and John E. Deming, Asst. U. S. Atty., Omaha, Neb., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and SANBORN and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant seeks, by motion under 28 U.S. C.A. § 2255, to have his sentence vacated, upon the ground that he did not have the assistance of counsel, was not informed by the trial court of his right to have counsel appointed, did not know of his right to request such assistance, and had not otherwise waived the right.

The sentence is one that was imposed upon appellant, on his plea of guilty to charges of robbing a bank insured by...

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