BRUCE v. UNITED STATES

No. 20146.

379 F.2d 113 (1967)

Arthur BRUCE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph M. Snee, Washington, D.C., (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Theodore Wieseman, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker and Oscar Altshuler, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Edward T. Miller, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, TAMM and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

This case involves claims of erroneous advice of the counsel (hereafter "defense counsel") who represented appellant at the time of his guilty plea and sentence.

On February 24, 1965, appellant, with co-defendants Jackson and Brodie, was indicted for robbery. Appellant pleaded guilty on April 14, and on June 18, was sentenced by District Judge Sirica to serve two to eight years. On June 28...

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