GUSTAVE v. UNITED STATES

No. 78-1918.

627 F.2d 901 (1980)

Forrest GUSTAVE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest Gustave, Sylvia Gustave, pro se.

Andrea Sheridan Ordin, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before ELY and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, District Judge.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant Gustave's motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate and set aside the sentence entered upon his conviction for bank robbery. Essentially, appellant claims he was denied effective assistance of counsel.

After a three-day jury trial held in April, 1968, petitioner and co-defendant, Winters, were convicted of robbing a national bank. A motion for a new trial was filed by counsel...

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