United States v. Larry E. Stead

Larry E. Stead was convicted on January 23, 1969, of attempting to enter a federally insured institution with intent to commit larceny in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). United States v. Stead, 422 F.2d 183 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 1080, 90 S.Ct. 1534, 25 L.Ed.2d 816 (1970). He was sentenced to twenty years in the custody of the Attorney General. 1 He now appeals the district court’s 2 denial of his petition for post-conviction relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. In that petition, he alleged that his 20 year sentence is a punishment disproportionate to his offense and thus constitutes…