STURRUP v. UNITED STATES

No. 2801-CR.

218 F.Supp. 279 (1963)

Ronald David STURRUP v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court E. D. North Carolina, Fayetteville Division.

May 30, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Nimocks (Court-assigned), Fayetteville, N. C., for petitioner.

Alton T. Cummings, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C., for defendant.


BUTLER, Chief Judge.

This is a motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 to vacate a sentence of life imprisonment imposed by this Court on September 23, 1948, upon a plea of guilty of second degree murder.

The petitioner alleges as grounds for relief (1) that he was insane at the time of the commission of the offense, and (2) that he was insane or otherwise mentally incompetent at the time of trial and the entry of his plea of guilty. The petitioner alleges that...

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