WHITNEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 74-1239.

513 F.2d 326 (1974)

Charles WHITNEY and Edward Russell Watson, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Whitney and Edward Russell Watson, pro se.

Donald J. Stohr, U. S. Atty., and Richard E. Coughlin, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and LAY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

The issue on this appeal is whether the district court erred in denying without a hearing appellants' motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1970). We have carefully reviewed each of the points raised by appellants in support of this contention and affirm the lower court's denial of relief.

Appellants Whitney and Watson, half-brothers, were found guilty by a jury in 1970 of possession of merchandise stolen while in...

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