UNITED STATES v. TWEEDY

No. 23041.

419 F.2d 192 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Albert James TWEEDY, Jr., Defendant-Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 8, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Tweedy, Jr., in pro per.

George Rayborn, Robert L. Brosio, Asst. U. S. Attys., Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr., U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-respondent.

Before MERRILL and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and POWELL, District Judge.


DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge.

In 1964, Tweedy pled guilty to a charge of bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a) and (d). He was sentenced to imprisonment for 15 years. In 1967, he filed a motion to set aside his conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The motion was denied without a hearing, and he appeals.

1. Was a hearing required?

Tweedy asserts that his plea was induced by the promise of an F.B.I. agent that, if he pled guilty, he would be...

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