Legal Opinion
Forrest S. Tucker v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1970No. 24839PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:
Forrest S. Tucker appeals from a district court order denying his motion, made under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, to vacate the judgment convicting him of armed robbery and to set aside the sentence based thereon. The judgment and sentence of imprisonment for twenty-five years, entered on May 20, 1953, was affirmed by this court in Tucker v. United States, 214 F.2d 713 (9th Cir. 1954). The district court opinion now under review in this section 2255 proceeding is reported in 299 F.Supp. 1376 (N.D.Cal. 1969).
After Tucker had testified in his 1953 trial for the armed robbery, the…
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