HORNE v. UNITED STATES

No. 17487.

264 F.2d 40 (1959)

Wilbur HORNE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 26, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester E. Wallace, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

William C. Calhoun, U. S. Atty., Augusta, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of a Section 2255 application. 28 U.S.C.A. The ground for relief, urged below and here, was that appellant had been convicted by a jury of 11, with neither waiver in writing as F.R.Cr.P. 23(b), 18 U.S.C.A., requires, nor by him personally. The conviction was for armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a) and (c) with consecutive sentences aggregating 25 years.

A hearing on the application...

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