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SINCOX v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-2025.

571 F.2d 876 (1978)

John Lee SINCOX, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Kennon Goff, III, Ruston, La., for petitioner-appellant.

John L. Sincox, pro se.

Edward L. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., D. H. Perkins, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before HILL, RUBIN and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Monroe Division, in a proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Petitioner filed a Motion to Vacate Sentence pursuant to that section on January 27, 1977. Following answer by the United States and an evidentiary hearing, the district court denied the motion on April 21, 1977.1 It is from that denial of relief that petitioner...

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