UNITED STATES v. MORIN

Nos. 12737, 12738.

265 F.2d 241 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America v. Francis Xavier MORIN, Jr., George Riston, Francis William Stiefvater and Boris Chorney. Francis Xavier Morin, Jr., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Thomas Franklin MALEK, Francis X. Morin, Jr., George Riston. Francis Xavier Morin, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Gershuny, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

W. Wendell Stanton, Asst. U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Hubert I. Teitelbaum U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH and STALEY, Circuit Judges.


STALEY, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from the denial of appellant's second motion presented under Section 2255, 28 U.S.C.1 It was entitled Motion to Vacate Sentence and Judgment and alleged that his convictions were obtained in violation of his constitutional rights in that his pleas of guilty, coerced and induced by a confession illegally obtained by federal and state officers, were involuntary...

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