Delage Larry Smith v. United States

This appeal is taken from the order of the district court denying the application of a federal convict for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. 1

Appellant, acting without counsel, was convicted on his plea of guilty of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), entering a bank with intent to commit a felony. He was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Delta Division, to fifteen years imprisonment.

Shortly after his conviction, appellant filed a motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 in the trial court, contending that he was not guilty of the…