BELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 16420.

269 F.2d 419 (1959)

Vernon Glenn BELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 10, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren R. Brock, Tucson, Ariz., for appellant.

Jack D. H. Hays, U. S. Atty., Michael A. Lacagnina, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., for appellee.

Before MATHEWS, STEPHENS and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

On November 24, 1958, appellant filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis asserting, inter alia, that he was mentally incompetent when he pleaded guilty on November 18, 1957, to charges under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2312 and 751 (1958). The petition alleged that in a psychiatric-examination report dated May 1, 1957, made in connection with Arizona state criminal proceedings, the following description of appellant appears:

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