BLANTON v. U.S.

No. 95-6141.

94 F.3d 227 (1996)

Leonard Ray BLANTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied October 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell C. Winston (briefed), Mike Roberts (argued and briefed), Memphis, TN, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Robert C. Watson, Asst. U.S. Attorney (argued and briefed), Office of the U.S. Agency, Nashville, TN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: KENNEDY and MOORE, Circuit Judges; WELLS, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 1, 1996.

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Leonard Ray Blanton appeals the district court's order denying his petition for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate his convictions for violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1951. Blanton asserts that he is entitled to the writ because his counsel at trial was not properly licensed to practice law in Tennessee, and thus provided ineffective...

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