UNITED STATES v. WILCOX

No. 79-1809.

640 F.2d 970 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Melvin Thomas WILCOX, aka Duke Taylor, Alfred Cameron, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alfred Lewis CAMERON, Defendants-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara Criscitelli, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Brent Adams, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nev., on brief; Martin H. Wiener, Reno, Nev., argued, for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and BELLONI, District Judge.


J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals the order of the district court granting the appellees' motions for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255,1 and vacating their sentences for convictions on bank robbery and firearms charges. We reverse the court's order, and remand for further findings.

I. BACKGROUND

On January 21, 1977, Alfred Lewis Cameron was sentenced by the United States District Court...

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