PEOPLES v. UNITED STATES

No. 8709.

365 F.2d 284 (1966)

Benny PEOPLES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

August 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benny Peoples, pro se.

John W. Raley, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty. (B. Andrew Potter, U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, PICKETT and SETH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Peoples was convicted by a jury on December 14, 1962, of violating 18 U.S.C. A. § 2113(a) by unlawfully entering a bank with intent to commit a felony. He was sentenced to the custody of the Attorney General for a period of 20 years. Thereafter, he filed a motion to vacate judgment and sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255. He has appealed from an order denying such motion.

As grounds for relief, People alleges that certain instructions...

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