FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.
Arraigned and convicted on his plea of guilty without counsel, appellant Piner was sentenced June 13, 1939 to a term of 20 years for bank robbery under 12 U.S.C.A. § 588b, effective at that time. This appeal follows a hearing, June 17, 1954 on, and denial of, Piner's application under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We use "application" in contradistinction to technical "motion" because the district judge treated a letter written to him by Piner...
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