BERTRAND v. UNITED STATES

No. 72-1077 Summary Calendar.

467 F.2d 901 (1972)

Liston Alphonso BERTRAND, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart Graham, Jr., Atlanta, Ga. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

R. Jackson B. Smith, Jr., U. S. Atty., Edmund A. Booth, Jr., Augusta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GODBOLD and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The petitioner pleaded guilty to auto theft and was sentenced to a five year term. In this action under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 the petitioner contends that: (1) he did not plead guilty voluntarily nor with an understanding of the nature of the charges against him; (2) his plea of guilty was based upon his threat of racial prejudice distorting any trial of his case; (3) he did not understand the charges against him; (4) the district court erred in not holding...

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