JENKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 72-1279.

466 F.2d 520 (1972)

John Earl JENKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Earl Jenkins, pro se.

Daniel Bartlett, Jr., U. S. Atty., and J. Patrick Glynn, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on brief for appellee.

Before BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

John Earl Jenkins appeals from the dismissal below of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his six-year sentence imposed for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659.

Jenkins asserted that his plea of guilty was coerced and involuntary in that his counsel had promised him "probation" in return for a guilty plea. He claims error by the District Court, 343 F.Supp. 394, in dismissing the motion without first conducting...

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