COOKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-3451 Summary Calendar.

461 F.2d 530 (1972)

Henry Charles COOKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 8, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Charles Cooks, pro se.

Donald E. Walter, U. S. Atty., Paul Lynch, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

By § 2255 Motion to Vacate Petitioner here challenges his 1971 conviction for transporting forged securities in interstate commerce. Finding that on this record the guilty plea which produced the conviction was neither knowing nor voluntary and that the indigent defendant did not receive effective assistance from his court-appointed counsel, we reverse the District Court's hearingless denial of § 2255 post-conviction relief.<...

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