George Colquette v. United States of America, Clarence Manns v. United States

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

On December 3, 1953, defendants pleaded guilty to a joint indictment in one count charging violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113, in that they “did unlawfully attempt to enter the premises of the Indiana Loan Association of Noblesville, Indiana, a savings and loan association, the accounts of which were then and there insured by the Federal Sayings and Loan Insurance Corporation, with the intent to commit larceny therein.” Each was sentenced to a term of eight years in prison.' Later each filed his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 alleging that the indictment was duplicitous.…