Legal Opinion
United States v. George Albert Mills
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1970No. 20013PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
By petition for writ of error coram nobis under 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), George Albert Mills seeks to overturn convictions entered in 1958 for escape and conspiracy to escape in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 751 and 371. The district court, Judge William C. Hanson, appointed counsel to represent Mills and, after a full hearing, denied his petition. Mills prosecutes this appeal pro se. The substantive issue concerns petitioner’s mental competency on September 30, 1958, the day Mills appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to these charges. For reasons stated below, we…
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