Matlock v. United States

OPINION

ROBERT M. McRAE, Jr., District Judge.

Petitioner, pro se, pursuant to 28 U. S.C.A. § 2255, alleges that his convictions and sentences under the Federal Bank Robbery Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a) (b) and (d), are null and void. He moves that the judgments and sentences be vacated and a new trial be ordered. Petitioner contends that the trial judge committed reversible error by instructing the jury that it could find petitioner guilty of all three counts contained in the indictments. Petitioner further contends that he was put in double jeopardy in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the…