UNITED STATES v. COOPER

No. 82-2016.

725 F.2d 756 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America v. Herbert S. COOPER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Turner* with whom Steven H. Goldblatt, Washington, D.C. (appointed by this court), Samuel Dash and G. Richard Strafer, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Craig N. Moore, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals pro hac vice by special leave of Court, with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C. (at the time the brief was filed), Michael W. Farrell, Judith Hetherton and Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WALD and BORK, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

On December 16, 1981, appellant entered a guilty plea pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), on a firearms charge and was later sentenced to 20 months in federal prison. On April 1, 1982, acting pro se he filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate the sentence. On April 26, 1982, he filed a second motion stating grounds alleged...

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