SEMET v. UNITED STATES

No. 57-69.

422 F.2d 1269 (1970)

William Frederick SEMET, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 17, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Myers, Wheat Ridge, Colo., for appellant.

Clifford K. Cate, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Muskogee, Okl. (William J. Settle, U. S. Atty., Muskogee, Okl., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, HILL and HICKEY, Circuit Judges.


HICKEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Semet pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with postal robbery and putting in jeopardy the life of another with a dangerous weapon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2114. A mandatory sentence of 25 years was imposed.

Subsequently Semet filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 asserting that his plea of guilty was involuntary because it was the result of a chain of coercive circumstances which added up to a violation...

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