James Virgil Counts v. United States

This is a Section 2255 proceeding, 28 U.S.C.A. Appellant, on a plea of guilty, was convicted in two separate cases involving robbery of two banks on two distinct occasions. In each case he was charged under separate counts with entry with intent to commit larceny, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a), and with felony bank larceny, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(b). Originally the sentence in each case was 15 years on both counts to be served concurrently. This error was corrected and the sentence under the larceny count, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(b), was reduced to 10 years. The remaining 15-year sentence for the unlawful…