United States v. Yodock

SHERIDAN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, John Yodock, filed a petition titled, “Writ of Error Coram Nobis and Motion to Set Aside Conviction”, which this court treated as a motion to vacate, set aside or correct the sentence under Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 and held a hearing.

On June 6, 1938, the Grand Jury returned a two count indictment which charged petitioner with the attempted robbery of the Plymouth National Bank, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, on March 31, 1938. Petitioner was convicted and sentenced to a prison term of 15 years to commence at the expiration of a state prison sentence then being…