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UNITED STATES v. WATSON

No. 75-2099.

548 F.2d 1058 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America v. Merle V. WATSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1977.

Rehearing denied February 18, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Zokoff, student counsel, with whom Michael Geltner and Geoffrey McC. Johnson, student counsel, were on the brief, for appellant.

Sallie H. Helm, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and James F. Rutherford, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, LEVENTHAL and ROBB, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge McGOWAN.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial by the District Court, without hearing, of appellant's application under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for vacation of his criminal sentence, entered upon a guilty plea. Appellant's claim for collateral relief is founded upon his assertion that his guilty plea was vitiated by his failure to be informed that his sentence was required by statute to include a...

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