John Marshall v. United States

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Marshall appeals from the district court's summary denial of his pro se petition brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. 1

On July, 28, 1966, petitioner was indicted under seven counts charging viola tions of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2314 and 371. After four days of trial, upon the advice of retained counsel, petitioner withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty on June 27, 1967. Petitioner was given a general sentence of twelve years. 2

Petitioner raises two allegations of error on appeal from the denial of his § 2255 petition: (1) that the court in…