WAITE v. UNITED STATES

No. 78-5493.

601 F.2d 259 (1979)

John Edwin WAITE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eli Namanworth, Cincinnati, Ohio (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

James C. Cissell, U. S. Atty., Christopher K. Barnes, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cincinnati, Ohio, for respondent-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and ENGEL and MERRITT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Waite appeals the District Court's denial of his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1976) to vacate his two, consecutive sentences imposed after he pleaded guilty to two counts of armed bank robbery. We affirm.

Waite faced both state and federal charges arising from the two bank robberies. In the state proceeding, Waite entered a plea bargain whereby he was promised a lenient sentence to be served in federal, not state, prison if he pleaded guilty...

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