AIKEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 8098.

282 F.2d 215 (1960)

Carl Walter AIKEN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Walter Aiken, pro se, on brief; Bruce J. Brown (Court-appointed counsel), Asheville, N. C., for appellant.

James E. Holshouser, U. S. Atty., and H. Vernon Hart, Asst. U. S. Atty., Greensboro, N. C., on the brief, for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, BOREMAN, Circuit Judge, and CHARLES F. PAUL, District Judge.


SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Carl Walter Aiken, now serving a total sentence of twelve years upon conviction after guilty pleas to several indictments charging forgery of United States postal money orders, post office burglary and related offenses, filed a petition under section 2255 of Title 28 U.S.C.A. Prepared by a layman, without the assistance of counsel, the allegations of the petition were in certain respects not clear, and were largely conclusory...

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