HILL, Circuit Judge.
In this consolidated case, appellant seeks reversal of two judgments which denied motions to vacate under 28 U.S. C. § 2255. The central issue before this court now is whether appellant's plea of guilty was coerced because of the possibility of a jury-imposed death penalty under the Federal Kidnapping Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a).
The settled rule is that a plea of guilty is void and subject to a § 2255 collateral attack when...
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