COFIELD v. UNITED STATES

No. 16155.

263 F.2d 686 (1959)

Lester COFIELD, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Fitting, Bernard Kolbor, McKenna & Fitting, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Leila F. Bulgrin, Robert John Jensen, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, Chief Judge, and CHAMBERS and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

Lester Cofield, Jr., a federal prisoner, instituted this proceeding to vacate his sentence. The action was brought under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255. Following a hearing an order was entered denying his petition. Cofield appeals, raising questions concerning the adequacy of his legal representation at the time of arraignment, and the voluntariness of his plea of guilty.

On March 13, 1957, Cofield was indicted on two counts charging him with...

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