HOWELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 8333.

355 F.2d 173 (1966)

William Eugene HOWELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

January 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston G. Gaddis, II, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Monty L. Bratcher, Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for appellant.

James R. Ward, Topeka, Kan. (Newell A. George, U. S. Atty., and Guy L. Goodwin, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and BREITENSTEIN and SETH, Circuit Judges.


SETH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant moved pursuant to 28 U.S. C.A. § 2255 to vacate his sentence. His motion was denied without an evidentiary hearing and this appeal was then taken.

The central issue is whether or not the appellant's plea of guilty to a four count indictment for bank robbery was the result of promises, and particularly a promise of leniency made by an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It appears from the record that appellant...

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