Wade Stepheney v. United States of America, Gerald Hughes Singleton v. United States

After pleading guilty to bank robbery, Gerald Singleton was sentenced to eighteen years in prison. He moved for a reduction of the sentence or for its vacation on the ground that the sentence was imposed partly on the basis of a conviction obtained when he was not represented by counsel. The District Court denied the motion without a hearing, finding that Singleton’s sentence was an appropriate one. It specifically noted that the criminal record “contributed nothing to the determination of the length of the sentence.”

Wade Stepheney was sentenced to five years in prison and five years…