Gerald Isaac Sassoon v. United States

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

On May 31, 1974 appellant tendered a plea of guilty to two separate indictments, charging him with a total of 19 counts of interstate transportation of falsely made and forged bank checks, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314. On June 27, 1974 he was convicted and sentenced, in accordance with a plea agreement, to a total of six years’ imprisonment on all counts. Sassoon’s effort thereafter to secure postconviction relief ultimately was rejected by the district court, and Sassoon brought this appeal.

The district court’s decision and the reasoning behind it, were set out in a…