United States v. Jerry Wayne Hunter

Appellant and another man were indicted for escape from a federal reformatory, for kidnapping and transporting the victim in interstate commerce, and for transporting a stolen automobile in interstate commerce. Appellant was represented by appointed counsel before the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas, and pled guilty to each of the offenses charged. Appellant was sentenced to a term of thirty years on the kidnapping count and to terms of four years each on the stolen automobile and escape counts. He takes this appeal from those sentences. 1

Appellant’s sole argument is…