Howard Oren Adkins v. United States

Appellant, through appointed counsel, pleaded guilty to an information in two counts charging him with violations of 18 U.S.C. § 472, (1) in uttering a counterfeited Federal Reserve Note, and (2) in possessing and concealing five other counterfeited Federal Reserve Notes. He was convicted on his plea and was sentenced to imprisonment for five years on each count, with the sentences to run concurrently.

Thereafter he filed a motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, to have the sentences vacated on the grounds (1) that the court failed to determine that the plea was made voluntarily with understanding…