Alan Eugene Reed v. United States

In 1966, Reed was convicted by a jury of wilfully and maliciously murdering a fellow inmate in the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, and sentenced to sixty (60) years’ imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed on appeal. Reed v. United States, 377 F.2d 891 (10th Cir. 1967). He is presently incarcerated in the United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

By motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, Reed attacks the judgment, claiming that: (1) The government unwittingly used perjured testimony in obtaining the conviction; (2) He was denied effective assistance of counsel; (3) He…