John Leonard Benson v. United States

John Leonard Benson appeals from the District Court’s denial of his motion to vacate his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. That sentence was imposed in 1975 after Benson pled guilty to one count of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d). We affirm.

In December of 1974, a white male driving a red-orange Volkswagen robbed the federally insured Jackson State Bank and Trust in Maquoketa, Iowa. Only one employee was present in the bank when the robber entered, revealed a gun and ordered the employee to place all the money in the cash drawer and vault in a plaid case the robber…