McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Robert Tolhurst was convicted in 1969 by a jury on a charge of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and 2113(b) and was sentenced to a term of twenty-five years. No direct appeal was taken by Tolhurst, though his court-appointed counsel, about whom he now complains, did file a motion for reduction of sentence. Upon hearing, this motion was granted and Tolhurst was resentenced to a term of fifteen years.
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