Michael J. Schell v. United States

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

Michael J. Schell, age 20, was convicted in 1964 of a Dyer Act violation and was sentenced under the youth corrections act. He will apparently be kept in custody until the end of the six year maximum. His conviction rests upon a plea of guilty. He was not represented by counsel.

This is an appeal from denial of a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Schell’s motion claimed in substance that at the time of the plea upon which he was found guilty, he was told that the maximum term of imprisonment was five years, but his sentence was actually for six.

At arraignment in March,…