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EDWARDS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 14172, 14175, 14176.

256 F.2d 707 (1958)

Alphonzo EDWARDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Al. Philip Kane, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), for appellant.

Mr. Nathan J. Paulson, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Joseph A. Lowther, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant pled guilty to charges of robbery, and was sentenced to prison. Over a year later, he filed a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. A chronological statement of the facts helps to put this appeal in proper perspective:

  Dec. 11, 1955 — Arrested, confessed orally, later in writing, then hospitalized
                  for narcotic withdrawal illness.
                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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