William James Phillips v. United States

FEIKENS, District Judge.

This appeal is from the district court's denial of a motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The petitioner is serving a twenty-year indeterminate sentence 1 imposed as a result of his guilty plea to a charge of armed bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d). He asks that his conviction be set aside and that he be given the opportunity to plead anew because: (1) he was not mentally competent to stand trial at the time of the guilty plea; and (2) the plea taking did not comport with the requirements of Rule 11, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

There is no error in…