CHEE v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-1539.

449 F.2d 747 (1971)

Sam Becenti CHEE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Becenti Chee, in pro. per.

Richard K. Burke, U. S. Atty., Morton Sitver, Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellee.

Before KOELSCH, CARTER and CHOY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Chee, a Navajo Indian, appeals from the dismissal without a hearing of his motion for vacation of sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Petitioner asserted three grounds for relief: (1) that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because an interpreter, used at trial to translate Petitioner's testimony from Navajo to English, was a "servant" of the government; (2) that the indictment was "duplicitous;" and (3) that Indians were systematically...

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