Patrick Gordon Patterson v. United States

Blackmun, circuit judge.

Patrick Gordon Patterson appeals from the denial by the district court of his first post-conviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

On February 11, 1966, Patterson, then age 21, pleaded guilty to two counts of a twelve count grand jury indictment charging mail theft and forgery of government checks, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1708, 495, and 2. Three other young men named in the same indictment also then pleaded guilty to certain counts.

On February 25, after presentence investigation, the district court, pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Youth Corrections Act,…