Eugene Cochran v. United States

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court denying the motion of Eugene Cochran, petitioner-appellant, for vacation of sentence under Section 2255, Title 28, U.S.C. On March 16, 1964, the petitioner waived prosecution by indictment and pleaded guilty to an information charging him with transporting in interstate commerce a stolen automobile, in violation of Section 2312, Title 18, U.S.C. He was sentenced to imprisonment for five years.

Petitioner filed the motion to vacate on March 17, 1965, on the ground that the district judge accepted his plea of guilty without…