Legal Opinion
United States v. James Alfred Goodman
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1979No. 78-1304PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
On this appeal we are required to determine whether the district court 1 erred in denying without a hearing appellant James Alfred Goodman’s motions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and Fed.R.Crim.P. 35 to vacate his pleas of guilty on three separate charges of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2113(b). 2 In his motions Goodman contends that the pleas should be set aside because he was incompetent at the time he entered the pleas. In the alternative, Goodman requests that the case be remanded for a nunc pro tunc hearing on his competency at the time of the pleas, and a hearing on his…
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