Willie D. Wren v. United States

Petitioner, Willie D. Wren, was convicted of bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. Wren subsequently filed a motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, contending that in determining his sentence the district court took into consideration two allegedly invalid state convictions which appeared on his presentence report, 1 and seeking resentencing pursuant to United States v. Tucker, 404 U.S. 443, 92 S.Ct. 589, 30 L.Ed.2d 592 (1972). The district court denied the motion, and Wren appealed. His appeal was held in abeyance…