UNITED STATES v. COWIN

No. 77-1636.

565 F.2d 548 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lloyd D. COWIN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd D. Cowin, filed brief pro se.

Barry A. Short (former U. S. Atty.), and David M. Rosen, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., filed brief for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, STEPHENSON and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Lloyd C. Cowin appeals from a district court order denying his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1970) to vacate his sentence. He contends that the district court failed to determine whether his guilty plea was voluntary, as required by Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and erred in not providing an evidentiary hearing on this § 2255 motion. We affirm.

Cowin pled guilty to one count of taking $10,000 from the person and...

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